diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic.c
index 5aa3f9f0620bd155dd53023e6c76e3883ffaadef..3bd52602fe307a1b82a3b68d82b458e1da8a4f6d 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic.c
@@ -995,25 +995,18 @@ static void drm_atomic_plane_print_state(struct drm_printer *p,
  */
 int drm_atomic_private_obj_init(struct drm_device *dev,
 				struct drm_private_obj *obj,
 				const struct drm_private_state_funcs *funcs)
 {
-	struct drm_private_state *state;
 	memset(obj, 0, sizeof(*obj));
 
 	drm_modeset_lock_init(&obj->lock);
 
 	obj->dev = dev;
 	obj->funcs = funcs;
 	list_add_tail(&obj->head, &dev->mode_config.privobj_list);
 
-	state = obj->funcs->atomic_create_state(obj);
-	if (IS_ERR(state))
-		return PTR_ERR(state);
-
-	obj->state = state;
-
 	return 0;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_atomic_private_obj_init);
 
 /**