diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic_uapi.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic_uapi.c
index 5a5b42db6f2a5..7a26bfb5329cd 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic_uapi.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic_uapi.c
@@ -1305,8 +1305,7 @@ int drm_mode_atomic_ioctl(struct drm_device *dev,
 	if (arg->reserved)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	if ((arg->flags & DRM_MODE_PAGE_FLIP_ASYNC) &&
-			!dev->mode_config.async_page_flip)
+	if (arg->flags & DRM_MODE_PAGE_FLIP_ASYNC)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	/* can't test and expect an event at the same time. */