1 files changed, 0 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
index 9e5841dc14b5..b308be30dfb9 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
@@ -4337,9 +4337,6 @@ static int ftrace_process_regex(struct ftrace_iterator *iter,
 
         command = strsep(&next, ":");
 
-        if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!tr))
-                return -EINVAL;
-
         mutex_lock(&ftrace_cmd_mutex);
         list_for_each_entry(p, &ftrace_commands, list) {
                 if (strcmp(p->name, command) == 0) {