diff --git a/kernel/ptrace.c b/kernel/ptrace.c
index 5105f5a6a2ce..aaad0ec34194 100644
--- a/kernel/ptrace.c
+++ b/kernel/ptrace.c
@@ -687,8 +687,6 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE4(ptrace, long, request, long, pid, long, addr, long, data)
 		goto out_put_task_struct;
 
 	ret = arch_ptrace(child, request, addr, data);
-	if (ret < 0)
-		goto out_put_task_struct;
 
  out_put_task_struct:
 	put_task_struct(child);