diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/ti-vpe/cal-video.c b/drivers/media/platform/ti-vpe/cal-video.c
index ad1e85189831b9d0be7fa4e733b498e9d57e1d10..bfc3ba4a96aff3851c1834ecb1e0df48079d1266 100644
--- a/drivers/media/platform/ti-vpe/cal-video.c
+++ b/drivers/media/platform/ti-vpe/cal-video.c
@@ -511,12 +511,6 @@ static int cal_start_streaming(struct vb2_queue *vq, unsigned int count)
 	int ret;
 
 	spin_lock_irq(&ctx->slock);
-	if (list_empty(&dma_q->active)) {
-		spin_unlock_irq(&ctx->slock);
-		ctx_dbg(3, ctx, "buffer queue is empty\n");
-		return -EIO;
-	}
-
 	buf = list_entry(dma_q->active.next, struct cal_buffer, list);
 	ctx->cur_frm = buf;
 	ctx->next_frm = buf;