diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/omapdrm/omap_dmm_tiler.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/omapdrm/omap_dmm_tiler.c
index 77728eaa1a6f5300a90f4a42055f6e93946ace1d..42ec51bb7b1b0c580a1982ba08b45a332c905dfa 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/omapdrm/omap_dmm_tiler.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/omapdrm/omap_dmm_tiler.c
@@ -98,7 +98,6 @@ static int dmm_dma_copy(struct dmm *dmm, dma_addr_t src, dma_addr_t dst)
 		return -EIO;
 	}
 
-	dma_async_issue_pending(dmm->wa_dma_chan);
 	status = dma_sync_wait(dmm->wa_dma_chan, cookie);
 	if (status != DMA_COMPLETE)
 		dev_err(dmm->dev, "i878 wa DMA copy failure\n");