diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/sun4i/sun4i_backend.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/sun4i/sun4i_backend.c
index 072ea113e6be5567e65337fefafb7a43ab2a9a7b..30672c4c634dad33fb39e48d350e99e20f7e8bfb 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/sun4i/sun4i_backend.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/sun4i/sun4i_backend.c
@@ -589,8 +589,7 @@ static int sun4i_backend_atomic_check(struct sunxi_engine *engine,
 
 	/* We can't have an alpha plane at the lowest position */
 	if (!backend->quirks->supports_lowest_plane_alpha &&
-	    (plane_states[0]->fb->format->has_alpha ||
-	    (plane_states[0]->alpha != DRM_BLEND_ALPHA_OPAQUE)))
+	    (plane_states[0]->alpha != DRM_BLEND_ALPHA_OPAQUE))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	for (i = 1; i < num_planes; i++) {