diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/nxp/imx8-isi/imx8-isi-m2m.c b/drivers/media/platform/nxp/imx8-isi/imx8-isi-m2m.c
index 00afcbfbdde4..df14f12b3ad2 100644
--- a/drivers/media/platform/nxp/imx8-isi/imx8-isi-m2m.c
+++ b/drivers/media/platform/nxp/imx8-isi/imx8-isi-m2m.c
@@ -554,8 +554,6 @@ static int mxc_isi_m2m_s_fmt_vid(struct file *file, void *fh,
 	struct vb2_queue *vq;
 
 	vq = v4l2_m2m_get_vq(ctx->fh.m2m_ctx, f->type);
-	if (!vq)
-		return -EINVAL;
 
 	if (vb2_is_busy(vq))
 		return -EBUSY;