diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_fb.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_fb.c
index aec6e9eef489..55884cb5a0fc 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_fb.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_fb.c
@@ -531,11 +531,9 @@ static int vmw_fb_set_par(struct fb_info *info)
 		0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
 		DRM_MODE_FLAG_NHSYNC | DRM_MODE_FLAG_PVSYNC)
 	};
-	struct drm_display_mode *old_mode;
 	struct drm_display_mode *mode;
 	int ret;
 
-	old_mode = par->set_mode;
 	mode = drm_mode_duplicate(vmw_priv->dev, &new_mode);
 	if (!mode) {
 		DRM_ERROR("Could not create new fb mode.\n");
@@ -546,11 +544,7 @@ static int vmw_fb_set_par(struct fb_info *info)
 	mode->vdisplay = var->yres;
 	vmw_guess_mode_timing(mode);
 
-	if (old_mode && drm_mode_equal(old_mode, mode)) {
-		drm_mode_destroy(vmw_priv->dev, mode);
-		mode = old_mode;
-		old_mode = NULL;
-	} else if (!vmw_kms_validate_mode_vram(vmw_priv,
+	if (!vmw_kms_validate_mode_vram(vmw_priv,
 					mode->hdisplay *
 					DIV_ROUND_UP(var->bits_per_pixel, 8),
 					mode->vdisplay)) {
@@ -613,8 +607,8 @@ static int vmw_fb_set_par(struct fb_info *info)
 	schedule_delayed_work(&par->local_work, 0);
 
 out_unlock:
-	if (old_mode)
-		drm_mode_destroy(vmw_priv->dev, old_mode);
+	if (par->set_mode)
+		drm_mode_destroy(vmw_priv->dev, par->set_mode);
 	par->set_mode = mode;
 
 	drm_modeset_unlock_all(vmw_priv->dev);