diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_bo.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_bo.c
index c7f42c4a93952e3b93204dfa954020f410dbc45d..0c0ca44a6802759e59f98a4456f64c1bd03c8f04 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_bo.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_bo.c
@@ -1085,9 +1085,7 @@ nouveau_bo_move(struct ttm_buffer_object *bo, bool evict,
 	}
 
 	/* Fallback to software copy. */
-	ret = ttm_bo_wait_ctx(bo, ctx);
-	if (ret == 0)
-		ret = ttm_bo_move_memcpy(bo, ctx, new_reg);
+	ret = ttm_bo_move_memcpy(bo, ctx, new_reg);
 
 out:
 	if (drm->client.device.info.family < NV_DEVICE_INFO_V0_TESLA) {