diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_vma.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_vma.c
index 298ca4316e65428620822238e35f19daaaa47a37..3dde671145f7b3e8670d99fa91e4975552eff602 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_vma.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_vma.c
@@ -641,7 +641,6 @@ i915_vma_insert(struct i915_vma *vma, u64 size, u64 alignment, u64 flags)
 	u64 start, end;
 	int ret;
 
-	GEM_BUG_ON(i915_vma_is_closed(vma));
 	GEM_BUG_ON(i915_vma_is_bound(vma, I915_VMA_GLOBAL_BIND | I915_VMA_LOCAL_BIND));
 	GEM_BUG_ON(drm_mm_node_allocated(&vma->node));