diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
index 6e4c6dd50659767bf0e11713b2d0e2e9dfa93797..54bb0d0e49b86fe6ed3ab69cb27f49570394679c 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
@@ -1866,17 +1866,6 @@ i915_gem_execbuffer(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
 
 	for (i = 0; i < args->buffer_count; i++) {
 		struct drm_gem_object *obj = object_list[i];
-		struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj_priv = obj->driver_private;
-
-		if (obj_priv->gtt_space == NULL) {
-			/* We evicted the buffer in the process of validating
-			 * our set of buffers in.  We could try to recover by
-			 * kicking them everything out and trying again from
-			 * the start.
-			 */
-			ret = -ENOMEM;
-			goto err;
-		}
 
 		/* make sure all previous memory operations have passed */
 		ret = i915_gem_object_set_domain(obj,