diff --git a/include/linux/srcu.h b/include/linux/srcu.h
index 6eb691b08358..ae3ee39eb699 100644
--- a/include/linux/srcu.h
+++ b/include/linux/srcu.h
@@ -163,9 +163,6 @@ void srcu_barrier(struct srcu_struct *sp);
  * power mode. This way we can notice an extended quiescent state to
  * other CPUs that started a grace period. Otherwise we would delay any
  * grace period as long as we run in the idle task.
- *
- * Similarly, we avoid claiming an SRCU read lock held if the current
- * CPU is offline.
  */
 static inline int srcu_read_lock_held(struct srcu_struct *sp)
 {
@@ -173,8 +170,6 @@ static inline int srcu_read_lock_held(struct srcu_struct *sp)
 		return 1;
 	if (rcu_is_cpu_idle())
 		return 0;
-	if (!rcu_lockdep_current_cpu_online())
-		return 0;
 	return lock_is_held(&sp->dep_map);
 }