diff --git a/core/jni/com_android_internal_os_Zygote.cpp b/core/jni/com_android_internal_os_Zygote.cpp
index bbaea0a457985..418000f60ca12 100644
--- a/core/jni/com_android_internal_os_Zygote.cpp
+++ b/core/jni/com_android_internal_os_Zygote.cpp
@@ -1806,15 +1806,10 @@ static void SpecializeCommon(JNIEnv* env, uid_t uid, gid_t gid, jintArray gids,
     if (!is_system_server && getuid() == 0) {
         const int rc = createProcessGroup(uid, getpid());
         if (rc != 0) {
-            if (rc == -ESRCH) {
-                // If process is dead, treat this as a non-fatal error
-                ALOGE("createProcessGroup(%d, %d) failed: %s", uid, /* pid= */ 0, strerror(-rc));
-            } else {
-                fail_fn(rc == -EROFS ? CREATE_ERROR("createProcessGroup failed, kernel missing "
-                                                    "CONFIG_CGROUP_CPUACCT?")
-                                     : CREATE_ERROR("createProcessGroup(%d, %d) failed: %s", uid,
-                                                    /* pid= */ 0, strerror(-rc)));
-            }
+            fail_fn(rc == -EROFS ? CREATE_ERROR("createProcessGroup failed, kernel missing "
+                                                "CONFIG_CGROUP_CPUACCT?")
+                                 : CREATE_ERROR("createProcessGroup(%d, %d) failed: %s", uid,
+                                                /* pid= */ 0, strerror(-rc)));
         }
     }