diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/dp/dp_display.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/dp/dp_display.c
index a49f6dbbe8883d8e84ba8b502983a6f8c3559cca..44676f0bb3ef086bcf6f5bc819c9d8a8209d1860 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/dp/dp_display.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/dp/dp_display.c
@@ -1600,20 +1600,10 @@ static int dp_display_get_next_bridge(struct msm_dp *dp)
 int msm_dp_modeset_init(struct msm_dp *dp_display, struct drm_device *dev,
 			struct drm_encoder *encoder)
 {
-	struct msm_drm_private *priv;
+	struct msm_drm_private *priv = dev->dev_private;
 	struct dp_display_private *dp_priv;
 	int ret;
 
-	if (WARN_ON(!encoder) || WARN_ON(!dp_display) || 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;
-	}
-
 	dp_display->drm_dev = dev;
 
 	dp_priv = container_of(dp_display, struct dp_display_private, dp_display);