diff --git a/libcutils/sched_policy.c b/libcutils/sched_policy.c
index 5853fbd..f2dd579 100644
--- a/libcutils/sched_policy.c
+++ b/libcutils/sched_policy.c
@@ -131,9 +131,6 @@
         bg_cpuset_fd = open(filename, O_WRONLY | O_CLOEXEC);
         filename = "/dev/cpuset/system-background/tasks";
         system_bg_cpuset_fd = open(filename, O_WRONLY | O_CLOEXEC);
-        if (system_bg_cpuset_fd < 0) {
-            SLOGE("initialize of system-bg failed: %s\n", strerror(errno));
-        }
 #ifdef USE_SCHEDBOOST
         filename = "/sys/fs/cgroup/stune/foreground/tasks";
         fg_schedboost_fd = open(filename, O_WRONLY | O_CLOEXEC);