diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/cfg_space.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/cfg_space.c
index b7d7721e72faddc2a2d4fc76d69d795b8053cfad..40af17ec6312533d4080cc1581faa4683a0405b9 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/cfg_space.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/cfg_space.c
@@ -285,9 +285,6 @@ int intel_vgpu_emulate_cfg_write(struct intel_vgpu *vgpu, unsigned int offset,
 {
 	int ret;
 
-	if (vgpu->failsafe)
-		return 0;
-
 	if (WARN_ON(bytes > 4))
 		return -EINVAL;