diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/omapdrm/omap_gem.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/omapdrm/omap_gem.c
index c8d972763889..70798b9fe635 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/omapdrm/omap_gem.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/omapdrm/omap_gem.c
@@ -980,12 +980,9 @@ int omap_gem_resume(struct device *dev)
 #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_FS
 void omap_gem_describe(struct drm_gem_object *obj, struct seq_file *m)
 {
-	struct drm_device *dev = obj->dev;
 	struct omap_gem_object *omap_obj = to_omap_bo(obj);
 	uint64_t off;
 
-	WARN_ON(!mutex_is_locked(&dev->struct_mutex));
-
 	off = drm_vma_node_start(&obj->vma_node);
 
 	seq_printf(m, "%08x: %2d (%2d) %08llx %08Zx (%2d) %p %4d",