diff --git a/kernel/perf_event.c b/kernel/perf_event.c
index 76be4c7bf08eb3929f586b0f2e35919ae8368f18..a962b1962eee375b3e3e1e729442c31ae8c881da 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);