diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic_uapi.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic_uapi.c
index e997917819e8..657c15474ed5 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic_uapi.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic_uapi.c
@@ -1445,9 +1445,6 @@ static int prepare_signaling(struct drm_device *dev,
 		if (arg->flags & DRM_MODE_PAGE_FLIP_EVENT) {
 			struct drm_pending_vblank_event *e = crtc_state->event;
 
-			if (!file_priv)
-				continue;
-
 			ret = drm_event_reserve_init(dev, file_priv, &e->base,
 						     &e->event.base);
 			if (ret) {