diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/qxl/qxl_kms.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/qxl/qxl_kms.c
index 2319800b7addc5af25cda7d33a5f186d7ea4c69a..12b8dff9dc8c3f62e9b2e248de3c0cc45766dd98 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/qxl/qxl_kms.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/qxl/qxl_kms.c
@@ -310,10 +310,6 @@ int qxl_driver_load(struct drm_device *dev, unsigned long flags)
 	struct qxl_device *qdev;
 	int r;
 
-	/* require kms */
-	if (!drm_core_check_feature(dev, DRIVER_MODESET))
-		return -ENODEV;
-
 	qdev = kzalloc(sizeof(struct qxl_device), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (qdev == NULL)
 		return -ENOMEM;