diff --git a/include/linux/uprobes.h b/include/linux/uprobes.h
index 4f628a6fc5b4..83742b91ff73 100644
--- a/include/linux/uprobes.h
+++ b/include/linux/uprobes.h
@@ -37,11 +37,6 @@ struct inode;
 
 struct uprobe_consumer {
 	int (*handler)(struct uprobe_consumer *self, struct pt_regs *regs);
-	/*
-	 * filter is optional; If a filter exists, handler is run
-	 * if and only if filter returns true.
-	 */
-	bool (*filter)(struct uprobe_consumer *self, struct task_struct *task);
 
 	struct uprobe_consumer *next;
 };
diff --git a/kernel/events/uprobes.c b/kernel/events/uprobes.c
index a39d8163b713..5cbebac27c01 100644
--- a/kernel/events/uprobes.c
+++ b/kernel/events/uprobes.c
@@ -477,10 +477,8 @@ static void handler_chain(struct uprobe *uprobe, struct pt_regs *regs)
 		return;
 
 	down_read(&uprobe->consumer_rwsem);
-	for (uc = uprobe->consumers; uc; uc = uc->next) {
-		if (!uc->filter || uc->filter(uc, current))
-			uc->handler(uc, regs);
-	}
+	for (uc = uprobe->consumers; uc; uc = uc->next)
+		uc->handler(uc, regs);
 	up_read(&uprobe->consumer_rwsem);
 }
 
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_uprobe.c b/kernel/trace/trace_uprobe.c
index 87b6db4ccbc5..e668024773d4 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_uprobe.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_uprobe.c
@@ -550,7 +550,6 @@ static int probe_event_enable(struct trace_uprobe *tu, int flag)
 		return -EINTR;
 
 	utc->cons.handler = uprobe_dispatcher;
-	utc->cons.filter = NULL;
 	ret = uprobe_register(tu->inode, tu->offset, &utc->cons);
 	if (ret) {
 		kfree(utc);