diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 280987e0e8af..348f16982cb5 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: c5ed5145591774bd9a2960ba4ca45a02fc70aad1
+refs/heads/master: 22a4ec729017ba613337a28f306f94ba5023fe2e
diff --git a/trunk/kernel/perf_event.c b/trunk/kernel/perf_event.c
index 76be4c7bf08e..a962b1962eee 100644
--- a/trunk/kernel/perf_event.c
+++ b/trunk/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);