diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c
index 83505a35afba..7ab734fbaeeb 100644
--- a/kernel/events/core.c
+++ b/kernel/events/core.c
@@ -7485,24 +7485,9 @@ static void perf_event_exit_task_context(struct task_struct *child, int ctxn)
 	 */
 	mutex_lock(&child_ctx->mutex);
 
-again:
-	list_for_each_entry_safe(child_event, tmp, &child_ctx->pinned_groups,
-				 group_entry)
+	list_for_each_entry_rcu(child_event, &child_ctx->event_list, event_entry)
 		__perf_event_exit_task(child_event, child_ctx, child);
 
-	list_for_each_entry_safe(child_event, tmp, &child_ctx->flexible_groups,
-				 group_entry)
-		__perf_event_exit_task(child_event, child_ctx, child);
-
-	/*
-	 * If the last event was a group event, it will have appended all
-	 * its siblings to the list, but we obtained 'tmp' before that which
-	 * will still point to the list head terminating the iteration.
-	 */
-	if (!list_empty(&child_ctx->pinned_groups) ||
-	    !list_empty(&child_ctx->flexible_groups))
-		goto again;
-
 	mutex_unlock(&child_ctx->mutex);
 
 	put_ctx(child_ctx);