diff --git a/kernel/sched.c b/kernel/sched.c
index 9e19287f3359..740fb409e5bb 100644
--- a/kernel/sched.c
+++ b/kernel/sched.c
@@ -7948,11 +7948,6 @@ void __init sched_init_smp(void)
 #else
 void __init sched_init_smp(void)
 {
-#if defined(CONFIG_NUMA)
-	sched_group_nodes_bycpu = kzalloc(nr_cpu_ids * sizeof(void **),
-								GFP_KERNEL);
-	BUG_ON(sched_group_nodes_bycpu == NULL);
-#endif
 	sched_init_granularity();
 }
 #endif /* CONFIG_SMP */