diff --git a/include/linux/ptrace.h b/include/linux/ptrace.h
index 89573a33ab3c..07d0df6bf768 100644
--- a/include/linux/ptrace.h
+++ b/include/linux/ptrace.h
@@ -142,9 +142,6 @@ static inline void ptrace_init_task(struct task_struct *child, bool ptrace)
 {
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&child->ptrace_entry);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&child->ptraced);
-#ifdef CONFIG_HAVE_HW_BREAKPOINT
-	atomic_set(&child->ptrace_bp_refcnt, 1);
-#endif
 	child->jobctl = 0;
 	child->ptrace = 0;
 	child->parent = child->real_parent;
@@ -351,11 +348,4 @@ extern int task_current_syscall(struct task_struct *target, long *callno,
 				unsigned long args[6], unsigned int maxargs,
 				unsigned long *sp, unsigned long *pc);
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_HAVE_HW_BREAKPOINT
-extern int ptrace_get_breakpoints(struct task_struct *tsk);
-extern void ptrace_put_breakpoints(struct task_struct *tsk);
-#else
-static inline void ptrace_put_breakpoints(struct task_struct *tsk) { }
-#endif /* CONFIG_HAVE_HW_BREAKPOINT */
-
 #endif
diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h
index cdd5407b37e2..75324d8157e3 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched.h
@@ -1401,9 +1401,6 @@ struct task_struct {
 	} memcg_batch;
 	unsigned int memcg_kmem_skip_account;
 #endif
-#ifdef CONFIG_HAVE_HW_BREAKPOINT
-	atomic_t ptrace_bp_refcnt;
-#endif
 #ifdef CONFIG_UPROBES
 	struct uprobe_task *utask;
 #endif
diff --git a/kernel/exit.c b/kernel/exit.c
index fafe75d9e6f6..a949819055d5 100644
--- a/kernel/exit.c
+++ b/kernel/exit.c
@@ -808,7 +808,7 @@ void do_exit(long code)
 	/*
 	 * FIXME: do that only when needed, using sched_exit tracepoint
 	 */
-	ptrace_put_breakpoints(tsk);
+	flush_ptrace_hw_breakpoint(tsk);
 
 	exit_notify(tsk, group_dead);
 #ifdef CONFIG_NUMA
diff --git a/kernel/ptrace.c b/kernel/ptrace.c
index ba5e6cea181a..a146ee327f6a 100644
--- a/kernel/ptrace.c
+++ b/kernel/ptrace.c
@@ -1221,19 +1221,3 @@ asmlinkage long compat_sys_ptrace(compat_long_t request, compat_long_t pid,
 	return ret;
 }
 #endif	/* CONFIG_COMPAT */
-
-#ifdef CONFIG_HAVE_HW_BREAKPOINT
-int ptrace_get_breakpoints(struct task_struct *tsk)
-{
-	if (atomic_inc_not_zero(&tsk->ptrace_bp_refcnt))
-		return 0;
-
-	return -1;
-}
-
-void ptrace_put_breakpoints(struct task_struct *tsk)
-{
-	if (atomic_dec_and_test(&tsk->ptrace_bp_refcnt))
-		flush_ptrace_hw_breakpoint(tsk);
-}
-#endif /* CONFIG_HAVE_HW_BREAKPOINT */