1 files changed, 0 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_dma.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_dma.c
index 0568dbdc10ef..844f3c972b04 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_dma.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_dma.c
@@ -1962,13 +1962,6 @@ int i915_driver_load(struct drm_device *dev, unsigned long flags)
         /* enable GEM by default */
         dev_priv->has_gem = 1;
 
-        if (dev_priv->has_gem == 0 &&
-            drm_core_check_feature(dev, DRIVER_MODESET)) {
-                DRM_ERROR("kernel modesetting requires GEM, disabling driver.\n");
-                ret = -ENODEV;
-                goto out_workqueue_free;
-        }
-
         dev->driver->get_vblank_counter = i915_get_vblank_counter;
         dev->max_vblank_count = 0xffffff; /* only 24 bits of frame count */
         if (IS_G4X(dev) || IS_GEN5(dev) || IS_GEN6(dev)) {
@@ -2055,7 +2048,6 @@ out_gem_unload:
 
         intel_teardown_gmbus(dev);
         intel_teardown_mchbar(dev);
-out_workqueue_free:
         destroy_workqueue(dev_priv->wq);
 out_iomapfree:
         io_mapping_free(dev_priv->mm.gtt_mapping);