diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
index 721924150d02..df23c6273413 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
@@ -1141,7 +1141,6 @@ int
 i915_gem_mmap_ioctl(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
 		    struct drm_file *file)
 {
-	struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv = dev->dev_private;
 	struct drm_i915_gem_mmap *args = data;
 	struct drm_gem_object *obj;
 	unsigned long addr;
@@ -1153,11 +1152,6 @@ i915_gem_mmap_ioctl(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
 	if (obj == NULL)
 		return -ENOENT;
 
-	if (obj->size > dev_priv->mm.gtt_mappable_end) {
-		drm_gem_object_unreference_unlocked(obj);
-		return -E2BIG;
-	}
-
 	down_write(&current->mm->mmap_sem);
 	addr = do_mmap(obj->filp, 0, args->size,
 		       PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE, MAP_SHARED,