1 files changed, 0 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/events/uprobes.c b/kernel/events/uprobes.c
index ba6acfe7c0de..093866547fe3 100644
--- a/kernel/events/uprobes.c
+++ b/kernel/events/uprobes.c
@@ -501,9 +501,6 @@ __copy_insn(struct address_space *mapping, struct file *filp, char *insn,
 {
         struct page *page;
 
-        if (!filp)
-                return -EINVAL;
-
         if (!mapping->a_ops->readpage)
                 return -EIO;
         /*