diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_submit.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_submit.c
index 3c00135ead45..5c514946bbad 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_submit.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_submit.c
@@ -361,7 +361,6 @@ static void virtio_gpu_complete_submit(struct virtio_gpu_submit *submit)
 	submit->buf = NULL;
 	submit->buflist = NULL;
 	submit->sync_file = NULL;
-	submit->out_fence = NULL;
 	submit->out_fence_fd = -1;
 }