diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_workqueue.c b/kernel/trace/trace_workqueue.c
index 890974aed64..97fcea4acce 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_workqueue.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_workqueue.c
@@ -185,16 +185,9 @@ static void *workqueue_stat_next(void *prev, int idx)
 static int workqueue_stat_show(struct seq_file *s, void *p)
 {
 	struct cpu_workqueue_stats *cws = p;
-	unsigned long flags;
-	int cpu = cws->cpu;
 	struct pid *pid;
 	struct task_struct *tsk;
 
-	spin_lock_irqsave(&workqueue_cpu_stat(cpu)->lock, flags);
-	if (&cws->list == workqueue_cpu_stat(cpu)->list.next)
-		seq_printf(s, "\n");
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&workqueue_cpu_stat(cpu)->lock, flags);
-
 	pid = find_get_pid(cws->pid);
 	if (pid) {
 		tsk = get_pid_task(pid, PIDTYPE_PID);