diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c
index 7c099e69fd5ee..37ab6f9f0d1e5 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/core.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
@@ -8193,14 +8193,6 @@ static void cpu_cgroup_exit(struct cgroup_subsys_state *css,
 			    struct cgroup_subsys_state *old_css,
 			    struct task_struct *task)
 {
-	/*
-	 * cgroup_exit() is called in the copy_process() failure path.
-	 * Ignore this case since the task hasn't ran yet, this avoids
-	 * trying to poke a half freed task state from generic code.
-	 */
-	if (!(task->flags & PF_EXITING))
-		return;
-
 	sched_move_task(task);
 }