diff --git a/kernel/events/uprobes.c b/kernel/events/uprobes.c
index 5d38b40644b8..358baddc8ac2 100644
--- a/kernel/events/uprobes.c
+++ b/kernel/events/uprobes.c
@@ -669,6 +669,10 @@ remove_breakpoint(struct uprobe *uprobe, struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long vad
 	return set_orig_insn(&uprobe->arch, mm, vaddr);
 }
 
+static inline bool uprobe_is_active(struct uprobe *uprobe)
+{
+	return !RB_EMPTY_NODE(&uprobe->rb_node);
+}
 /*
  * There could be threads that have already hit the breakpoint. They
  * will recheck the current insn and restart if find_uprobe() fails.
@@ -676,9 +680,13 @@ remove_breakpoint(struct uprobe *uprobe, struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long vad
  */
 static void delete_uprobe(struct uprobe *uprobe)
 {
+	if (WARN_ON(!uprobe_is_active(uprobe)))
+		return;
+
 	spin_lock(&uprobes_treelock);
 	rb_erase(&uprobe->rb_node, &uprobes_tree);
 	spin_unlock(&uprobes_treelock);
+	RB_CLEAR_NODE(&uprobe->rb_node); /* for uprobe_is_active() */
 	iput(uprobe->inode);
 	put_uprobe(uprobe);
 }