1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/locking/rtmutex.c b/kernel/locking/rtmutex.c
index 940633c63254..4f014be7a4b8 100644
--- a/kernel/locking/rtmutex.c
+++ b/kernel/locking/rtmutex.c
@@ -1268,8 +1268,7 @@ rt_mutex_slowlock(struct rt_mutex *lock, int state,
 
         if (unlikely(ret)) {
                 __set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING);
-                if (rt_mutex_has_waiters(lock))
-                        remove_waiter(lock, &waiter);
+                remove_waiter(lock, &waiter);
                 rt_mutex_handle_deadlock(ret, chwalk, &waiter);
         }