diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/pda.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/pda.h
index 5976cd803e9a..4a8c9d382c93 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/pda.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/pda.h
@@ -40,6 +40,4 @@ extern void pda_init(int);
 
 #endif
 
-#define refresh_stack_canary() write_pda(stack_canary, current->stack_canary)
-
 #endif /* _ASM_X86_PDA_H */
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/stackprotector.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/stackprotector.h
index c7f0d10bae7b..2383e5bb475c 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/stackprotector.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/stackprotector.h
@@ -16,13 +16,12 @@ static __always_inline void boot_init_stack_canary(void)
 	u64 tsc;
 
 	/*
-	 * If we're the non-boot CPU, nothing set the PDA stack
-	 * canary up for us - and if we are the boot CPU we have
-	 * a 0 stack canary. This is a good place for updating
-	 * it, as we wont ever return from this function (so the
-	 * invalid canaries already on the stack wont ever
-	 * trigger).
-	 *
+	 * Build time only check to make sure the stack_canary is at
+	 * offset 40 in the pda; this is a gcc ABI requirement
+	 */
+	BUILD_BUG_ON(offsetof(struct x8664_pda, stack_canary) != 40);
+
+	/*
 	 * We both use the random pool and the current TSC as a source
 	 * of randomness. The TSC only matters for very early init,
 	 * there it already has some randomness on most systems. Later
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c b/arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c
index aa89eabf09e0..088bc9a0f82c 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c
@@ -638,13 +638,6 @@ __switch_to(struct task_struct *prev_p, struct task_struct *next_p)
 	percpu_write(kernel_stack,
 		  (unsigned long)task_stack_page(next_p) +
 		  THREAD_SIZE - KERNEL_STACK_OFFSET);
-#ifdef CONFIG_CC_STACKPROTECTOR
-	/*
-	 * Build time only check to make sure the stack_canary is at
-	 * offset 40 in the pda; this is a gcc ABI requirement
-	 */
-	BUILD_BUG_ON(offsetof(struct x8664_pda, stack_canary) != 40);
-#endif
 
 	/*
 	 * Now maybe reload the debug registers and handle I/O bitmaps