diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c
index 1e3f317216158170be35ec8708608e5829dd420f..62557ecc0eff96f944b230dd247ef75f39bd5f64 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c
@@ -3622,9 +3622,6 @@ static void valleyview_crtc_enable(struct drm_crtc *crtc)
 	intel_enable_plane(dev_priv, plane, pipe);
 	intel_crtc_update_cursor(crtc, true);
 
-	/* Give the overlay scaler a chance to enable if it's on this pipe */
-	intel_crtc_dpms_overlay(intel_crtc, true);
-
 	intel_update_fbc(dev);
 
 	mutex_unlock(&dev_priv->dpio_lock);