diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_dma.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_dma.c
index a99fae33bdf6bd8fe7fe39ccf7f9b070fa11b43c..f451af69d4377bb238300e11075b0033a448405d 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_dma.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_dma.c
@@ -2065,9 +2065,6 @@ int i915_driver_load(struct drm_device *dev, unsigned long flags)
 	dev_priv->mchdev_lock = &mchdev_lock;
 	spin_unlock(&mchdev_lock);
 
-	/* XXX Prevent module unload due to memory corruption bugs. */
-	__module_get(THIS_MODULE);
-
 	return 0;
 
 out_workqueue_free: