diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/vc4/vc4_gem.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/vc4/vc4_gem.c
index 15619dbf34ca7773cb7091e50a048878443df8a9..a9d020e7e891c89d14d139baa6d5a71aff2d2949 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/vc4/vc4_gem.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/vc4/vc4_gem.c
@@ -340,9 +340,6 @@ vc4_wait_for_seqno(struct drm_device *dev, uint64_t seqno, uint64_t timeout_ns,
 	finish_wait(&vc4->job_wait_queue, &wait);
 	trace_vc4_wait_for_seqno_end(dev, seqno);
 
-	if (ret && ret != -ERESTARTSYS)
-		DRM_ERROR("timeout waiting for render thread idle\n");
-
 	return ret;
 }