diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/allegro-dvt/allegro-core.c b/drivers/media/platform/allegro-dvt/allegro-core.c
index 510c3c9661d9..875e5cbbeb07 100644
--- a/drivers/media/platform/allegro-dvt/allegro-core.c
+++ b/drivers/media/platform/allegro-dvt/allegro-core.c
@@ -3333,8 +3333,6 @@ static int allegro_s_fmt_vid_cap(struct file *file, void *fh,
 		return err;
 
 	vq = v4l2_m2m_get_vq(channel->fh.m2m_ctx, f->type);
-	if (!vq)
-		return -EINVAL;
 	if (vb2_is_busy(vq))
 		return -EBUSY;