diff --git a/kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c b/kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c
index ffaccd6373f1e..5f4502aa2b3b9 100644
--- a/kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c
+++ b/kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c
@@ -6132,11 +6132,6 @@ static struct cgroup *cgroup_get_from_file(struct file *f)
 		return ERR_CAST(css);
 
 	cgrp = css->cgroup;
-	if (!cgroup_on_dfl(cgrp)) {
-		cgroup_put(cgrp);
-		return ERR_PTR(-EBADF);
-	}
-
 	return cgrp;
 }