diff --git a/kernel/time/tick-sched.c b/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
index 5c9fcc72460d..4419486d7413 100644
--- a/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
+++ b/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
@@ -916,13 +916,6 @@ static bool can_stop_idle_tick(int cpu, struct tick_sched *ts)
 		 */
 		if (tick_do_timer_cpu == cpu)
 			return false;
-		/*
-		 * Boot safety: make sure the timekeeping duty has been
-		 * assigned before entering dyntick-idle mode,
-		 * tick_do_timer_cpu is TICK_DO_TIMER_BOOT
-		 */
-		if (unlikely(tick_do_timer_cpu == TICK_DO_TIMER_BOOT))
-			return false;
 
 		/* Should not happen for nohz-full */
 		if (WARN_ON_ONCE(tick_do_timer_cpu == TICK_DO_TIMER_NONE))