diff --git a/sys/compat/linux/linux_emul.c b/sys/compat/linux/linux_emul.c
index 639d4036b889..7585c0d0179e 100644
--- a/sys/compat/linux/linux_emul.c
+++ b/sys/compat/linux/linux_emul.c
@@ -309,9 +309,6 @@ linux_schedtail(struct thread *td)
 
 	p = td->td_proc;
 
-	if (SV_PROC_ABI(p) != SV_ABI_LINUX)
-		return;
-
 	/* find the emuldata */
 	em = em_find(p, EMUL_DOLOCK);