diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/rseq/param_test.c b/tools/testing/selftests/rseq/param_test.c
index e8a657a5f48a..eec4182210ef 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/rseq/param_test.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/rseq/param_test.c
@@ -366,9 +366,7 @@ void *test_percpu_spinlock_thread(void *arg)
 		abort();
 	reps = thread_data->reps;
 	for (i = 0; i < reps; i++) {
-		int cpu = rseq_cpu_start();
-
-		cpu = rseq_this_cpu_lock(&data->lock);
+		int cpu = rseq_this_cpu_lock(&data->lock);
 		data->c[cpu].count++;
 		rseq_percpu_unlock(&data->lock, cpu);
 #ifndef BENCHMARK