diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/selftest_lrc.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/selftest_lrc.c
index 43362b8a585594640abb0696e6071bcee9f483a8..57db3d0ffaf21227cd2aa95ba8b4467f958586b4 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/selftest_lrc.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/selftest_lrc.c
@@ -1073,7 +1073,6 @@ static int live_timeslice_rewind(void *arg)
 			       engine->name);
 			goto err;
 		}
-		GEM_BUG_ON(!timer_pending(&engine->execlists.timer));
 
 		/* ELSP[] = { { A:rq1, A:rq2 }, { B:rq1 } } */
 		if (i915_request_is_active(rq[A2])) { /* semaphore yielded! */