diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h
index 46c6f8d5dc06..ca635c128482 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched.h
@@ -2391,9 +2391,7 @@ void thread_group_cputimer(struct task_struct *tsk, struct task_cputime *times);
 
 static inline void thread_group_cputime_init(struct signal_struct *sig)
 {
-	sig->cputimer.cputime = INIT_CPUTIME;
 	spin_lock_init(&sig->cputimer.lock);
-	sig->cputimer.running = 0;
 }
 
 static inline void thread_group_cputime_free(struct signal_struct *sig)
diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c
index ce2666f84d85..1beb6c303c41 100644
--- a/kernel/fork.c
+++ b/kernel/fork.c
@@ -833,17 +833,6 @@ static void posix_cpu_timers_init_group(struct signal_struct *sig)
 	/* Thread group counters. */
 	thread_group_cputime_init(sig);
 
-	/* Expiration times and increments. */
-	sig->it[CPUCLOCK_PROF].expires = cputime_zero;
-	sig->it[CPUCLOCK_PROF].incr = cputime_zero;
-	sig->it[CPUCLOCK_VIRT].expires = cputime_zero;
-	sig->it[CPUCLOCK_VIRT].incr = cputime_zero;
-
-	/* Cached expiration times. */
-	sig->cputime_expires.prof_exp = cputime_zero;
-	sig->cputime_expires.virt_exp = cputime_zero;
-	sig->cputime_expires.sched_exp = 0;
-
 	cpu_limit = ACCESS_ONCE(sig->rlim[RLIMIT_CPU].rlim_cur);
 	if (cpu_limit != RLIM_INFINITY) {
 		sig->cputime_expires.prof_exp = secs_to_cputime(cpu_limit);