diff --git a/drivers/staging/olpc_dcon/olpc_dcon.c b/drivers/staging/olpc_dcon/olpc_dcon.c
index 198595e8d742f798256198d57946ca18012295a5..92b02891704d04738365011cd28f6f93b7055dd8 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/olpc_dcon/olpc_dcon.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/olpc_dcon/olpc_dcon.c
@@ -383,7 +383,7 @@ static void dcon_set_source(struct dcon_priv *dcon, int arg)
 
 	dcon->pending_src = arg;
 
-	if ((dcon->curr_src != arg) && !work_pending(&dcon->switch_source))
+	if (dcon->curr_src != arg)
 		schedule_work(&dcon->switch_source);
 }