diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c
index 31f3b11589b9..1aa1cbd16c19 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c
@@ -12295,9 +12295,7 @@ intel_check_cursor_plane(struct drm_plane *plane,
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	}
 
-	/* we only need to pin inside GTT if cursor is non-phy */
-	mutex_lock(&dev->struct_mutex);
-	if (!INTEL_INFO(dev)->cursor_needs_physical && obj->tiling_mode) {
+	if (fb->modifier[0] != DRM_FORMAT_MOD_NONE) {
 		DRM_DEBUG_KMS("cursor cannot be tiled\n");
 		ret = -EINVAL;
 	}