diff --git a/kernel/events/uprobes.c b/kernel/events/uprobes.c
index afbab2cb2742..a39d8163b713 100644
--- a/kernel/events/uprobes.c
+++ b/kernel/events/uprobes.c
@@ -844,9 +844,7 @@ int uprobe_register(struct inode *inode, loff_t offset, struct uprobe_consumer *
 	struct uprobe *uprobe;
 	int ret;
 
-	if (!inode || !uc || uc->next)
-		return -EINVAL;
-
+	/* Racy, just to catch the obvious mistakes */
 	if (offset > i_size_read(inode))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
@@ -883,9 +881,6 @@ void uprobe_unregister(struct inode *inode, loff_t offset, struct uprobe_consume
 {
 	struct uprobe *uprobe;
 
-	if (!inode || !uc)
-		return;
-
 	uprobe = find_uprobe(inode, offset);
 	if (!uprobe)
 		return;