diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce.c
index 79d8ec849468..675b7d8cde0a 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce.c
@@ -491,7 +491,7 @@ int mce_available(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
 
 static void mce_schedule_work(void)
 {
-	if (!mce_gen_pool_empty() && keventd_up())
+	if (!mce_gen_pool_empty())
 		schedule_work(&mce_work);
 }