diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_execbuffer.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_execbuffer.c
index 05997e8bbb29..1f303d4eaa4d 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_execbuffer.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_execbuffer.c
@@ -898,8 +898,6 @@ static struct i915_vma *eb_lookup_vma(struct i915_execbuffer *eb, u32 handle)
 		vma = radix_tree_lookup(&eb->gem_context->handles_vma, handle);
 		if (likely(vma))
 			vma = i915_vma_tryget(vma);
-		else
-			vma = NULL;
 		rcu_read_unlock();
 		if (likely(vma))
 			return vma;