diff --git a/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify_user.c b/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify_user.c
index 6c80083a984f..1ea52f7c031f 100644
--- a/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify_user.c
+++ b/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify_user.c
@@ -399,9 +399,6 @@ static int fanotify_release(struct inode *ignored, struct file *file)
 	wake_up(&group->fanotify_data.access_waitq);
 #endif
 
-	if (file->f_flags & FASYNC)
-		fsnotify_fasync(-1, file, 0);
-
 	/* matches the fanotify_init->fsnotify_alloc_group */
 	fsnotify_destroy_group(group);