diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_runtime_pm.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_runtime_pm.c
index 35a344d799eb720bfac8010dfaf84cd33d994d95..4bd8343bee68f2c2daf442ab5e332c488e17b29e 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_runtime_pm.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_runtime_pm.c
@@ -553,7 +553,6 @@ static void assert_can_disable_dc6(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv)
 	if (dev_priv->power_domains.initializing)
 		return;
 
-	assert_csr_loaded(dev_priv);
 	WARN_ONCE(!(I915_READ(DC_STATE_EN) & DC_STATE_EN_UPTO_DC6),
 		  "DC6 already programmed to be disabled.\n");
 }