diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 350df869fd9e..2c0f9eb8c234 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: a195f004e9496b4d99f471bb96e0a0c1af080909
+refs/heads/master: 11534ec5b6cea13ae38d31799d2a5290c5d724af
diff --git a/trunk/kernel/sched/core.c b/trunk/kernel/sched/core.c
index dba878c73a08..081ece26803f 100644
--- a/trunk/kernel/sched/core.c
+++ b/trunk/kernel/sched/core.c
@@ -7714,9 +7714,6 @@ int tg_set_cfs_period(struct task_group *tg, long cfs_period_us)
 	period = (u64)cfs_period_us * NSEC_PER_USEC;
 	quota = tg->cfs_bandwidth.quota;
 
-	if (period <= 0)
-		return -EINVAL;
-
 	return tg_set_cfs_bandwidth(tg, period, quota);
 }