diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_ttm.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_ttm.c
index c1e3862a48a4..c50620aadbd0 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_ttm.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_ttm.c
@@ -728,9 +728,6 @@ static int radeon_ttm_tt_populate(struct ttm_tt *ttm,
 	struct radeon_device *rdev;
 	bool slave = !!(ttm->page_flags & TTM_PAGE_FLAG_SG);
 
-	if (ttm->state != tt_unpopulated)
-		return 0;
-
 	if (gtt && gtt->userptr) {
 		ttm->sg = kzalloc(sizeof(struct sg_table), GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (!ttm->sg)