diff --git a/kernel/cgroup.c b/kernel/cgroup.c
index 34fd1be0d9bf..1e09ded0387a 100644
--- a/kernel/cgroup.c
+++ b/kernel/cgroup.c
@@ -3781,12 +3781,7 @@ static void cgroup_release_pid_array(struct cgroup_pidlist *l)
 static int cgroup_pidlist_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 {
 	struct cgroup_pidlist *l;
-	if (!(file->f_mode & FMODE_READ))
-		return 0;
-	/*
-	 * the seq_file will only be initialized if the file was opened for
-	 * reading; hence we check if it's not null only in that case.
-	 */
+
 	l = ((struct seq_file *)file->private_data)->private;
 	cgroup_release_pid_array(l);
 	return seq_release(inode, file);
@@ -3811,10 +3806,6 @@ static int cgroup_pidlist_open(struct file *file, enum cgroup_filetype type)
 	struct cgroup_pidlist *l;
 	int retval;
 
-	/* Nothing to do for write-only files */
-	if (!(file->f_mode & FMODE_READ))
-		return 0;
-
 	/* have the array populated */
 	retval = pidlist_array_load(cgrp, type, &l);
 	if (retval)
@@ -3894,7 +3885,6 @@ static struct cftype cgroup_base_files[] = {
 		.name = "cgroup.procs",
 		.open = cgroup_procs_open,
 		.write_u64 = cgroup_procs_write,
-		.release = cgroup_pidlist_release,
 		.mode = S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR,
 	},
 	{
@@ -3919,7 +3909,6 @@ static struct cftype cgroup_base_files[] = {
 		.flags = CFTYPE_INSANE,		/* use "procs" instead */
 		.open = cgroup_tasks_open,
 		.write_u64 = cgroup_tasks_write,
-		.release = cgroup_pidlist_release,
 		.mode = S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR,
 	},
 	{