diff --git a/include/linux/ptrace.h b/include/linux/ptrace.h
index 6af8988f5ddd..608d90444b6f 100644
--- a/include/linux/ptrace.h
+++ b/include/linux/ptrace.h
@@ -196,9 +196,6 @@ static inline void ptrace_init_task(struct task_struct *child, bool ptrace)
 {
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&child->ptrace_entry);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&child->ptraced);
-#ifdef CONFIG_HAVE_HW_BREAKPOINT
-	atomic_set(&child->ptrace_bp_refcnt, 1);
-#endif
 	child->jobctl = 0;
 	child->ptrace = 0;
 	child->parent = child->real_parent;
@@ -408,11 +405,4 @@ extern int task_current_syscall(struct task_struct *target, long *callno,
 				unsigned long args[6], unsigned int maxargs,
 				unsigned long *sp, unsigned long *pc);
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_HAVE_HW_BREAKPOINT
-extern int ptrace_get_breakpoints(struct task_struct *tsk);
-extern void ptrace_put_breakpoints(struct task_struct *tsk);
-#else
-static inline void ptrace_put_breakpoints(struct task_struct *tsk) { }
-#endif /* CONFIG_HAVE_HW_BREAKPOINT */
-
 #endif
diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h
index eeb1c821c2f0..d3e501aab090 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched.h
@@ -1623,9 +1623,6 @@ struct task_struct {
 		unsigned int may_oom:1;
 	} memcg_oom;
 #endif
-#ifdef CONFIG_HAVE_HW_BREAKPOINT
-	atomic_t ptrace_bp_refcnt;
-#endif
 #ifdef CONFIG_UPROBES
 	struct uprobe_task *utask;
 #endif
diff --git a/kernel/exit.c b/kernel/exit.c
index 4ca44ff50260..6e8c6d8b2073 100644
--- a/kernel/exit.c
+++ b/kernel/exit.c
@@ -786,7 +786,7 @@ void do_exit(long code)
 	/*
 	 * FIXME: do that only when needed, using sched_exit tracepoint
 	 */
-	ptrace_put_breakpoints(tsk);
+	flush_ptrace_hw_breakpoint(tsk);
 
 	exit_notify(tsk, group_dead);
 	proc_exit_connector(tsk);
diff --git a/kernel/ptrace.c b/kernel/ptrace.c
index 022e28a781f2..70e5e9892f5f 100644
--- a/kernel/ptrace.c
+++ b/kernel/ptrace.c
@@ -1253,19 +1253,3 @@ asmlinkage long compat_sys_ptrace(compat_long_t request, compat_long_t pid,
 	return ret;
 }
 #endif	/* CONFIG_COMPAT */
-
-#ifdef CONFIG_HAVE_HW_BREAKPOINT
-int ptrace_get_breakpoints(struct task_struct *tsk)
-{
-	if (atomic_inc_not_zero(&tsk->ptrace_bp_refcnt))
-		return 0;
-
-	return -1;
-}
-
-void ptrace_put_breakpoints(struct task_struct *tsk)
-{
-	if (atomic_dec_and_test(&tsk->ptrace_bp_refcnt))
-		flush_ptrace_hw_breakpoint(tsk);
-}
-#endif /* CONFIG_HAVE_HW_BREAKPOINT */