diff --git a/arch/sparc/kernel/process.c b/arch/sparc/kernel/process.c
index 066e253f9c12..2c216ffeea90 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/sparc/kernel/process.c
@@ -83,9 +83,6 @@ void default_idle(void)
  */
 void cpu_idle(void)
 {
-	if (current->pid != 0)
-		goto out;
-
 	/* endless idle loop with no priority at all */
 	for (;;) {
 		if (ARCH_SUN4C_SUN4) {
@@ -126,8 +123,6 @@ void cpu_idle(void)
 		schedule();
 		check_pgt_cache();
 	}
-out:
-	return;
 }
 
 #else
diff --git a/arch/sparc64/kernel/process.c b/arch/sparc64/kernel/process.c
index 26d3ec41da1c..a0cd2b2494d6 100644
--- a/arch/sparc64/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/sparc64/kernel/process.c
@@ -62,9 +62,6 @@ void default_idle(void)
  */
 void cpu_idle(void)
 {
-	if (current->pid != 0)
-		return;
-
 	/* endless idle loop with no priority at all */
 	for (;;) {
 		/* If current->work.need_resched is zero we should really
@@ -80,7 +77,6 @@ void cpu_idle(void)
 		schedule();
 		check_pgt_cache();
 	}
-	return;
 }
 
 #else