1 files changed, 1 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/ptrace.c b/arch/x86/kernel/ptrace.c
index b25f8947ed7a..75e0cd847bd6 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/ptrace.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/ptrace.c
@@ -657,10 +657,7 @@ restore:
                                                tsk, true);
                 thread->ptrace_bps[i] = NULL;
 
-                if (!bp) { /* incorrect bp, or we have a bug in bp API */
-                        rc = -EINVAL;
-                        break;
-                }
+                /* Incorrect bp, or we have a bug in bp API */
                 if (IS_ERR(bp)) {
                         rc = PTR_ERR(bp);
                         bp = NULL;
@@ -729,9 +726,6 @@ static int ptrace_set_breakpoint_addr(struct task_struct *tsk, int nr,
                                                tsk,
                                                bp->attr.disabled);
         }
-
-        if (!bp)
-                return -EIO;
         /*
          * CHECKME: the previous code returned -EIO if the addr wasn't a
          * valid task virtual addr. The new one will return -EINVAL in this