diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_execbuffer.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_execbuffer.c
index 601156c353cc3042578f5c97e57156f79b4e4378..57d096aef548bd7227cbe1838ab03f9e6df87f18 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_execbuffer.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_execbuffer.c
@@ -1253,12 +1253,9 @@ static struct i915_gem_context *
 i915_gem_validate_context(struct drm_device *dev, struct drm_file *file,
 			  struct intel_engine_cs *engine, const u32 ctx_id)
 {
-	struct i915_gem_context *ctx = NULL;
+	struct i915_gem_context *ctx;
 	struct i915_ctx_hang_stats *hs;
 
-	if (engine->id != RCS && ctx_id != DEFAULT_CONTEXT_HANDLE)
-		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
-
 	ctx = i915_gem_context_lookup(file->driver_priv, ctx_id);
 	if (IS_ERR(ctx))
 		return ctx;