diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.c
index 7a0e4d6c71e2302e0b50ad88a805cda6d549259d..58c48892fa824a78658a8b604ba7f642bba5defe 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.c
@@ -542,10 +542,6 @@ bool i915_semaphore_is_enabled(struct drm_device *dev)
 	if (i915.enable_execlists)
 		return false;
 
-	/* Until we get further testing... */
-	if (IS_GEN8(dev))
-		return false;
-
 #ifdef CONFIG_INTEL_IOMMU
 	/* Enable semaphores on SNB when IO remapping is off */
 	if (INTEL_INFO(dev)->gen == 6 && intel_iommu_gfx_mapped)