diff --git a/src/hotspot/os/linux/os_linux.cpp b/src/hotspot/os/linux/os_linux.cpp
index 67d4778dbac..0892374ec50 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/os/linux/os_linux.cpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/os/linux/os_linux.cpp
@@ -6247,7 +6247,7 @@ void VM_Crac::doit() {
   int shmid = 0;
   int ret = checkpoint_restore(&shmid);
   if (ret == JVM_CHECKPOINT_ERROR) {
-    PerfMemoryLinux::checkpoint_fail();
+    PerfMemoryLinux::restore();
     return;
   }
 
diff --git a/src/hotspot/os/linux/perfMemory_linux.hpp b/src/hotspot/os/linux/perfMemory_linux.hpp
index 204fc56b4cd..07a3f611b57 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/os/linux/perfMemory_linux.hpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/os/linux/perfMemory_linux.hpp
@@ -35,9 +35,7 @@ class PerfMemoryLinux : AllStatic {
   }
 
   static bool checkpoint(const char* checkpoint_path);
-  static bool checkpoint_fail();
   static bool restore();
 };
 
 #endif // OS_LINUX_PERFMEMORY_LINUX_HPP
-
diff --git a/src/hotspot/os/posix/perfMemory_posix.cpp b/src/hotspot/os/posix/perfMemory_posix.cpp
index 3a4838be367..01e31ed3fae 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/os/posix/perfMemory_posix.cpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/os/posix/perfMemory_posix.cpp
@@ -1373,29 +1373,6 @@ bool PerfMemoryLinux::checkpoint(const char* checkpoint_path) {
   return true;
 }
 
-bool PerfMemoryLinux::checkpoint_fail() {
-  if (checkpoint_fd < 0) {
-    return true;
-  }
-
-  int fd;
-  RESTARTABLE(::open(backing_store_file_name, O_RDWR|O_CREAT|O_NOFOLLOW, S_IRUSR|S_IWUSR), fd);
-  if (fd == OS_ERR) {
-    tty->print_cr("cannot open original perfdata file: %s", os::strerror(errno));
-    return false;
-  }
-
-  void* mmapret = ::mmap(PerfMemory::start(), PerfMemory::capacity(),
-      PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_FIXED|MAP_SHARED, fd, 0);
-  if (MAP_FAILED == mmapret) {
-    tty->print_cr("cannot mmap old perfdata file: %s", os::strerror(errno));
-    ::close(fd);
-    return false;
-  }
-
-  return true;
-}
-
 bool PerfMemoryLinux::restore() {
   if (checkpoint_fd < 0) {
     return true;