diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c
index 03bee168c64d..a2f2ad3ee9f9 100644
--- a/kernel/fork.c
+++ b/kernel/fork.c
@@ -1829,8 +1829,6 @@ static __latent_entropy struct task_struct *copy_process(
 	}
 
 	if (clone_flags & CLONE_PIDFD) {
-		int reserved;
-
 		/*
 		 * - CLONE_PARENT_SETTID is useless for pidfds and also
 		 *   parent_tidptr is used to return pidfds.
@@ -1841,16 +1839,6 @@ static __latent_entropy struct task_struct *copy_process(
 		if (clone_flags &
 		    (CLONE_DETACHED | CLONE_PARENT_SETTID | CLONE_THREAD))
 			return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
-
-		/*
-		 * Verify that parent_tidptr is sane so we can potentially
-		 * reuse it later.
-		 */
-		if (get_user(reserved, parent_tidptr))
-			return ERR_PTR(-EFAULT);
-
-		if (reserved != 0)
-			return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
 	}
 
 	/*