diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/dsi/dsi.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/dsi/dsi.c
index 8a95c744972a1aa28c6f091ca7c07df2b85d1e0d..31fdee2052be36ec4559dfb40c33ab70f1ce40a7 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/dsi/dsi.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/dsi/dsi.c
@@ -211,14 +211,9 @@ void __exit msm_dsi_unregister(void)
 int msm_dsi_modeset_init(struct msm_dsi *msm_dsi, struct drm_device *dev,
 			 struct drm_encoder *encoder)
 {
-	struct msm_drm_private *priv;
+	struct msm_drm_private *priv = dev->dev_private;
 	int ret;
 
-	if (WARN_ON(!encoder) || WARN_ON(!msm_dsi) || WARN_ON(!dev))
-		return -EINVAL;
-
-	priv = dev->dev_private;
-
 	if (priv->num_bridges == ARRAY_SIZE(priv->bridges)) {
 		DRM_DEV_ERROR(dev->dev, "too many bridges\n");
 		return -ENOSPC;