diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_fence.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_fence.c
index 6773938b6e4071cff01c54df61d5ed4c871eae08..b7594cb758afc4299493122f4f6e44c68ef4d919 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_fence.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_fence.c
@@ -1087,6 +1087,8 @@ static int vmw_event_fence_action_create(struct drm_file *file_priv,
 	if (ret != 0)
 		goto out_no_queue;
 
+	return 0;
+
 out_no_queue:
 	event->base.destroy(&event->base);
 out_no_event:
@@ -1162,17 +1164,10 @@ int vmw_fence_event_ioctl(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
 
 	BUG_ON(fence == NULL);
 
-	if (arg->flags & DRM_VMW_FE_FLAG_REQ_TIME)
-		ret = vmw_event_fence_action_create(file_priv, fence,
-						    arg->flags,
-						    arg->user_data,
-						    true);
-	else
-		ret = vmw_event_fence_action_create(file_priv, fence,
-						    arg->flags,
-						    arg->user_data,
-						    true);
-
+	ret = vmw_event_fence_action_create(file_priv, fence,
+					    arg->flags,
+					    arg->user_data,
+					    true);
 	if (unlikely(ret != 0)) {
 		if (ret != -ERESTARTSYS)
 			DRM_ERROR("Failed to attach event to fence.\n");