diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
index 1b808d0419498894f415f2ad727aab55b8b25496..0d53eacd293f2993643d136605de5fcd0c01a6d5 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
@@ -168,9 +168,6 @@ i915_gem_get_aperture_ioctl(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
 	struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj;
 	size_t pinned;
 
-	if (!(dev->driver->driver_features & DRIVER_GEM))
-		return -ENODEV;
-
 	pinned = 0;
 	mutex_lock(&dev->struct_mutex);
 	list_for_each_entry(obj, &dev_priv->mm.gtt_list, gtt_list)
@@ -246,6 +243,7 @@ i915_gem_create_ioctl(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
 		      struct drm_file *file)
 {
 	struct drm_i915_gem_create *args = data;
+
 	return i915_gem_create(file, dev,
 			       args->size, &args->handle);
 }
@@ -931,9 +929,6 @@ i915_gem_set_domain_ioctl(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
 	uint32_t write_domain = args->write_domain;
 	int ret;
 
-	if (!(dev->driver->driver_features & DRIVER_GEM))
-		return -ENODEV;
-
 	/* Only handle setting domains to types used by the CPU. */
 	if (write_domain & I915_GEM_GPU_DOMAINS)
 		return -EINVAL;
@@ -987,9 +982,6 @@ i915_gem_sw_finish_ioctl(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
 	struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj;
 	int ret = 0;
 
-	if (!(dev->driver->driver_features & DRIVER_GEM))
-		return -ENODEV;
-
 	ret = i915_mutex_lock_interruptible(dev);
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
@@ -1025,9 +1017,6 @@ i915_gem_mmap_ioctl(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
 	struct drm_gem_object *obj;
 	unsigned long addr;
 
-	if (!(dev->driver->driver_features & DRIVER_GEM))
-		return -ENODEV;
-
 	obj = drm_gem_object_lookup(dev, file, args->handle);
 	if (obj == NULL)
 		return -ENOENT;
@@ -1255,9 +1244,6 @@ i915_gem_mmap_gtt(struct drm_file *file,
 	struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj;
 	int ret;
 
-	if (!(dev->driver->driver_features & DRIVER_GEM))
-		return -ENODEV;
-
 	ret = i915_mutex_lock_interruptible(dev);
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
@@ -1315,9 +1301,6 @@ i915_gem_mmap_gtt_ioctl(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
 {
 	struct drm_i915_gem_mmap_gtt *args = data;
 
-	if (!(dev->driver->driver_features & DRIVER_GEM))
-		return -ENODEV;
-
 	return i915_gem_mmap_gtt(file, dev, args->handle, &args->offset);
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.c
index b7f446ee28da70feaf71e5db4b1209caad156420..427b7c55ffe0de9feddb3ba878f2b060a603cdb6 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.c
@@ -1164,15 +1164,12 @@ int intel_wait_ring_buffer(struct intel_ring_buffer *ring, int n)
 		return ret;
 
 	trace_i915_ring_wait_begin(ring);
-	if (drm_core_check_feature(dev, DRIVER_GEM))
-		/* With GEM the hangcheck timer should kick us out of the loop,
-		 * leaving it early runs the risk of corrupting GEM state (due
-		 * to running on almost untested codepaths). But on resume
-		 * timers don't work yet, so prevent a complete hang in that
-		 * case by choosing an insanely large timeout. */
-		end = jiffies + 60 * HZ;
-	else
-		end = jiffies + 3 * HZ;
+	/* With GEM the hangcheck timer should kick us out of the loop,
+	 * leaving it early runs the risk of corrupting GEM state (due
+	 * to running on almost untested codepaths). But on resume
+	 * timers don't work yet, so prevent a complete hang in that
+	 * case by choosing an insanely large timeout. */
+	end = jiffies + 60 * HZ;
 
 	do {
 		ring->head = I915_READ_HEAD(ring);