diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_ioctl.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_ioctl.c
index 336cc9143205de921c4307f076903530abe58e97..867c5e239d5536f5dfc9db65ed3f4337a6eeb070 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_ioctl.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_ioctl.c
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@ static void virtio_gpu_create_context(struct drm_device *dev,
 	get_task_comm(dbgname, current);
 	virtio_gpu_cmd_context_create(vgdev, vfpriv->ctx_id,
 				      strlen(dbgname), dbgname);
-	virtio_gpu_notify(vgdev);
 	vfpriv->context_created = true;
 
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