1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/perf_event.c b/kernel/perf_event.c
index 76be4c7bf08e..a962b1962eee 100644
--- a/kernel/perf_event.c
+++ b/kernel/perf_event.c
@@ -2228,7 +2228,7 @@ find_get_context(struct pmu *pmu, struct task_struct *task, int cpu)
         unsigned long flags;
         int ctxn, err;
 
-        if (!task && cpu != -1) {
+        if (!task) {
                 /* Must be root to operate on a CPU event: */
                 if (perf_paranoid_cpu() && !capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
                         return ERR_PTR(-EACCES);