diff --git a/src/hotspot/os/linux/os_linux.cpp b/src/hotspot/os/linux/os_linux.cpp
index aa5a9b9d937..ad1f384fa32 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/os/linux/os_linux.cpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/os/linux/os_linux.cpp
@@ -2860,39 +2860,14 @@ void os::pd_print_cpu_info(outputStream* st, char* buf, size_t buflen) {
 
 #if INCLUDE_JFR
 
-// hwm (high water mark) in K for the VM RSS
-static long jfr_rss_hwm_k = -1;
-
-static void send_resident_set_size_event(ssize_t size, ssize_t peak) {
-  EventResidentSetSize event;
-  event.set_size(size * K);
-  event.set_peak(peak * K);
-  event.commit();
-}
-
 void os::jfr_report_memory_info() {
-  os::Linux::accurate_meminfo_t accurate_info;
-  if (os::Linux::query_accurate_process_memory_info(&accurate_info) && accurate_info.rss != -1) {
-    // unfortunately the smaps_rollup/accurate_info contains no hwm (high water mark) for RSS
-    struct rusage ru;
-    if (getrusage(RUSAGE_SELF, &ru) == 0) {
-      if (ru.ru_maxrss > jfr_rss_hwm_k) {
-        jfr_rss_hwm_k = ru.ru_maxrss;
-      }
-    }
-
-    // do not allow larger current RSS than hwm
-    if (accurate_info.rss > jfr_rss_hwm_k) {
-      jfr_rss_hwm_k = accurate_info.rss;
-    }
-
-    send_resident_set_size_event(accurate_info.rss, jfr_rss_hwm_k);
-    return;
-  }
-
   os::Linux::meminfo_t info;
   if (os::Linux::query_process_memory_info(&info)) {
-    send_resident_set_size_event(info.vmrss, info.vmhwm);
+    // Send the RSS JFR event
+    EventResidentSetSize event;
+    event.set_size(info.vmrss * K);
+    event.set_peak(info.vmhwm * K);
+    event.commit();
   } else {
     // Log a warning
     static bool first_warning = true;