diff --git a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/gk20a/cde_gk20a.c b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/gk20a/cde_gk20a.c
index 7c251e2df..16baaa39a 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/gk20a/cde_gk20a.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/gk20a/cde_gk20a.c
@@ -1122,8 +1122,6 @@ __releases(&cde_app->mutex)
 	cde_ctx->init_cmd_executed = true;
 
 	/* unmap the buffers - channel holds references to them now */
-	if (surface)
-		dma_buf_vunmap(compbits_scatter_buf, surface);
 	gk20a_vm_unmap(cde_ctx->vm, map_vaddr);
 
 	return err;