diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fb_helper.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fb_helper.c
index aa9efc651a1916fa1f501d965b0968a4b0efe29a..d4b4edde5adc7af0ded03f27126f67e84f09a372 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fb_helper.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fb_helper.c
@@ -1641,11 +1641,6 @@ int drm_fb_helper_set_par(struct fb_info *info)
 	if (oops_in_progress)
 		return -EBUSY;
 
-	if (var->pixclock != 0) {
-		drm_err(fb_helper->dev, "PIXEL CLOCK SET\n");
-		return -EINVAL;
-	}
-
 	/*
 	 * Normally we want to make sure that a kms master takes precedence over
 	 * fbdev, to avoid fbdev flickering and occasionally stealing the