diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c
index 8823e7aa7c02..d1ed9dfe1d30 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c
@@ -4500,7 +4500,6 @@ static void valleyview_modeset_global_resources(struct drm_device *dev)
 static void valleyview_crtc_enable(struct drm_crtc *crtc)
 {
 	struct drm_device *dev = crtc->dev;
-	struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv = dev->dev_private;
 	struct intel_crtc *intel_crtc = to_intel_crtc(crtc);
 	struct intel_encoder *encoder;
 	int pipe = intel_crtc->pipe;
@@ -4536,7 +4535,6 @@ static void valleyview_crtc_enable(struct drm_crtc *crtc)
 
 	intel_update_watermarks(crtc);
 	intel_enable_pipe(intel_crtc);
-	intel_wait_for_vblank(dev_priv->dev, pipe);
 	intel_set_cpu_fifo_underrun_reporting(dev, pipe, true);
 
 	for_each_encoder_on_crtc(dev, crtc, encoder)
@@ -4548,7 +4546,6 @@ static void valleyview_crtc_enable(struct drm_crtc *crtc)
 static void i9xx_crtc_enable(struct drm_crtc *crtc)
 {
 	struct drm_device *dev = crtc->dev;
-	struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv = dev->dev_private;
 	struct intel_crtc *intel_crtc = to_intel_crtc(crtc);
 	struct intel_encoder *encoder;
 	int pipe = intel_crtc->pipe;
@@ -4572,7 +4569,6 @@ static void i9xx_crtc_enable(struct drm_crtc *crtc)
 
 	intel_update_watermarks(crtc);
 	intel_enable_pipe(intel_crtc);
-	intel_wait_for_vblank(dev_priv->dev, pipe);
 	intel_set_cpu_fifo_underrun_reporting(dev, pipe, true);
 
 	for_each_encoder_on_crtc(dev, crtc, encoder)