diff --git a/drivers/video/backlight/pwm_bl.c b/drivers/video/backlight/pwm_bl.c
index bdfcc0a71db1..800e605475e6 100644
--- a/drivers/video/backlight/pwm_bl.c
+++ b/drivers/video/backlight/pwm_bl.c
@@ -559,12 +559,6 @@ static int pwm_backlight_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		pb->levels = data->levels;
 	}
 
-	/*
-	 * FIXME: pwm_apply_args() should be removed when switching to
-	 * the atomic PWM API.
-	 */
-	pwm_apply_args(pb->pwm);
-
 	/*
 	 * The DT case will set the pwm_period_ns field to 0 and store the
 	 * period, parsed from the DT, in the PWM device. For the non-DT case,