diff --git a/kernel/hrtimer.c b/kernel/hrtimer.c
index 421be5fe5cc7..493c4b8b8cba 100644
--- a/kernel/hrtimer.c
+++ b/kernel/hrtimer.c
@@ -632,8 +632,6 @@ void clock_was_set(void)
  */
 void hres_timers_resume(void)
 {
-	WARN_ON_ONCE(num_online_cpus() > 1);
-
 	/* Retrigger the CPU local events: */
 	retrigger_next_event(NULL);
 }