diff --git a/kernel/softirq.c b/kernel/softirq.c
index bf25015dce16..918e52df090e 100644
--- a/kernel/softirq.c
+++ b/kernel/softirq.c
@@ -574,8 +574,6 @@ static int __cpuinit cpu_callback(struct notifier_block *nfb,
 
 	switch (action) {
 	case CPU_UP_PREPARE:
-		BUG_ON(per_cpu(tasklet_vec, hotcpu).list);
-		BUG_ON(per_cpu(tasklet_hi_vec, hotcpu).list);
 		p = kthread_create(ksoftirqd, hcpu, "ksoftirqd/%d", hotcpu);
 		if (IS_ERR(p)) {
 			printk("ksoftirqd for %i failed\n", hotcpu);