diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/cirrus/cirrus_ttm.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/cirrus/cirrus_ttm.c
index 0047012045c27cff7cfa8dbd386ca239d850e4be..bf8a5066948985eefd6b9d5025d5503b20601432 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/cirrus/cirrus_ttm.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/cirrus/cirrus_ttm.c
@@ -326,7 +326,6 @@ int cirrus_bo_create(struct drm_device *dev, int size, int align,
 		return ret;
 	}
 
-	cirrusbo->gem.driver_private = NULL;
 	cirrusbo->bo.bdev = &cirrus->ttm.bdev;
 
 	cirrus_ttm_placement(cirrusbo, TTM_PL_FLAG_VRAM | TTM_PL_FLAG_SYSTEM);