1 files changed, 0 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/posix-timers.c b/kernel/posix-timers.c
index 17f53266fb67..9a21681aa80f 100644
--- a/kernel/posix-timers.c
+++ b/kernel/posix-timers.c
@@ -449,9 +449,6 @@ static void release_posix_timer(struct k_itimer *tmr, int it_id_set)
                 spin_unlock_irqrestore(&idr_lock, flags);
         }
         sigqueue_free(tmr->sigq);
-        if (unlikely(tmr->it_process) &&
-            tmr->it_sigev_notify == (SIGEV_SIGNAL|SIGEV_THREAD_ID))
-                put_task_struct(tmr->it_process);
         kmem_cache_free(posix_timers_cache, tmr);
 }