diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/ptrace.c b/arch/arm/kernel/ptrace.c
index 2bc1514d6dbe..0dd3b79b15c3 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/ptrace.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/ptrace.c
@@ -886,20 +886,12 @@ long arch_ptrace(struct task_struct *child, long request,
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_HAVE_HW_BREAKPOINT
 		case PTRACE_GETHBPREGS:
-			if (ptrace_get_breakpoints(child) < 0)
-				return -ESRCH;
-
 			ret = ptrace_gethbpregs(child, addr,
 						(unsigned long __user *)data);
-			ptrace_put_breakpoints(child);
 			break;
 		case PTRACE_SETHBPREGS:
-			if (ptrace_get_breakpoints(child) < 0)
-				return -ESRCH;
-
 			ret = ptrace_sethbpregs(child, addr,
 						(unsigned long __user *)data);
-			ptrace_put_breakpoints(child);
 			break;
 #endif