diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_hwlat.c b/kernel/trace/trace_hwlat.c
index d0a730d99a33..11f32e947c45 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_hwlat.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_hwlat.c
@@ -588,9 +588,6 @@ static int start_per_cpu_kthreads(struct trace_array *tr)
 	 */
 	cpumask_and(current_mask, cpu_online_mask, tr->tracing_cpumask);
 
-	for_each_online_cpu(cpu)
-		per_cpu(hwlat_per_cpu_data, cpu).kthread = NULL;
-
 	for_each_cpu(cpu, current_mask) {
 		retval = start_cpu_kthread(cpu);
 		if (retval)