diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c
index be4896a06967..3aee8077f23a 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/core.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
@@ -2589,43 +2589,19 @@ void do_set_cpus_allowed(struct task_struct *p, const struct cpumask *new_mask)
 int dup_user_cpus_ptr(struct task_struct *dst, struct task_struct *src,
 		      int node)
 {
-	cpumask_t *user_mask;
 	unsigned long flags;
 
-	/*
-	 * Always clear dst->user_cpus_ptr first as their user_cpus_ptr's
-	 * may differ by now due to racing.
-	 */
-	dst->user_cpus_ptr = NULL;
-
-	/*
-	 * This check is racy and losing the race is a valid situation.
-	 * It is not worth the extra overhead of taking the pi_lock on
-	 * every fork/clone.
-	 */
 	if (!src->user_cpus_ptr)
 		return 0;
 
-	user_mask = kmalloc_node(cpumask_size(), GFP_KERNEL, node);
-	if (!user_mask)
+	dst->user_cpus_ptr = kmalloc_node(cpumask_size(), GFP_KERNEL, node);
+	if (!dst->user_cpus_ptr)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	/*
-	 * Use pi_lock to protect content of user_cpus_ptr
-	 *
-	 * Though unlikely, user_cpus_ptr can be reset to NULL by a concurrent
-	 * do_set_cpus_allowed().
-	 */
+	/* Use pi_lock to protect content of user_cpus_ptr */
 	raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&src->pi_lock, flags);
-	if (src->user_cpus_ptr) {
-		swap(dst->user_cpus_ptr, user_mask);
-		cpumask_copy(dst->user_cpus_ptr, src->user_cpus_ptr);
-	}
+	cpumask_copy(dst->user_cpus_ptr, src->user_cpus_ptr);
 	raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&src->pi_lock, flags);
-
-	if (unlikely(user_mask))
-		kfree(user_mask);
-
 	return 0;
 }