2 files changed, 0 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/perf_event.h b/include/linux/perf_event.h
index 4924c96d7e2d..3fd5c82e0e18 100644
--- a/include/linux/perf_event.h
+++ b/include/linux/perf_event.h
@@ -575,7 +575,6 @@ struct pmu {
  * enum perf_event_active_state - the states of a event
  */
 enum perf_event_active_state {
-        PERF_EVENT_STATE_FREE           = -3,
         PERF_EVENT_STATE_ERROR          = -2,
         PERF_EVENT_STATE_OFF            = -1,
         PERF_EVENT_STATE_INACTIVE       =  0,
diff --git a/kernel/perf_event.c b/kernel/perf_event.c
index 180151ff8376..a9047463fd83 100644
--- a/kernel/perf_event.c
+++ b/kernel/perf_event.c
@@ -334,9 +334,6 @@ list_del_event(struct perf_event *event, struct perf_event_context *ctx)
         if (event->state > PERF_EVENT_STATE_OFF)
                 event->state = PERF_EVENT_STATE_OFF;
 
-        if (event->state > PERF_EVENT_STATE_FREE)
-                return;
-
         /*
          * If this was a group event with sibling events then
          * upgrade the siblings to singleton events by adding them
@@ -1871,8 +1868,6 @@ int perf_event_release_kernel(struct perf_event *event)
 {
         struct perf_event_context *ctx = event->ctx;
 
-        event->state = PERF_EVENT_STATE_FREE;
-
         WARN_ON_ONCE(ctx->parent_ctx);
         /*
          * There are two ways this annotation is useful: