diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/omapdrm/omap_gem_dmabuf.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/omapdrm/omap_gem_dmabuf.c
index af267c35d813cc7548f060ef5771d6cd4232b4c9..ee5883f59be5a1992c6bdd20c751285079f5d3c1 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/omapdrm/omap_gem_dmabuf.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/omapdrm/omap_gem_dmabuf.c
@@ -147,9 +147,6 @@ static int omap_gem_dmabuf_mmap(struct dma_buf *buffer,
 	struct drm_gem_object *obj = buffer->priv;
 	int ret = 0;
 
-	if (WARN_ON(!obj->filp))
-		return -EINVAL;
-
 	ret = drm_gem_mmap_obj(obj, omap_gem_mmap_size(obj), vma);
 	if (ret < 0)
 		return ret;