diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_perf.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_perf.c
index 1be355d14e8a1ea412970acb28d5405617f590a5..3bdf53faae2470e126b147d7804fbac2b51a9702 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_perf.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_perf.c
@@ -2173,8 +2173,6 @@ void i915_oa_init_reg_state(struct intel_engine_cs *engine,
 	struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv = engine->i915;
 	struct i915_perf_stream *stream = dev_priv->perf.oa.exclusive_stream;
 
-	lockdep_assert_held(&dev_priv->drm.struct_mutex);
-
 	if (engine->id != RCS)
 		return;