diff --git a/kernel/sched_rt.c b/kernel/sched_rt.c
index 8afb953e31c6..d10c80ebb67a 100644
--- a/kernel/sched_rt.c
+++ b/kernel/sched_rt.c
@@ -1663,9 +1663,6 @@ static void watchdog(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *p)
 {
 	unsigned long soft, hard;
 
-	if (!p->signal)
-		return;
-
 	/* max may change after cur was read, this will be fixed next tick */
 	soft = task_rlimit(p, RLIMIT_RTTIME);
 	hard = task_rlimit_max(p, RLIMIT_RTTIME);