diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_drm.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_drm.c
index 7ea95ab960a0..4d1ad718e09b 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_drm.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_drm.c
@@ -1209,7 +1209,6 @@ nouveau_pmops_runtime_idle(struct device *dev)
 		return -EBUSY;
 	}
 
-	pm_runtime_mark_last_busy(dev);
 	pm_runtime_autosuspend(dev);
 	/* we don't want the main rpm_idle to call suspend - we want to autosuspend */
 	return 1;