diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/vimc/vimc-sensor.c b/drivers/media/platform/vimc/vimc-sensor.c
index 6c53b9fc1617..4a6a7e8e66c2 100644
--- a/drivers/media/platform/vimc/vimc-sensor.c
+++ b/drivers/media/platform/vimc/vimc-sensor.c
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ struct vimc_sen_device {
 	struct v4l2_subdev sd;
 	struct device *dev;
 	struct tpg_data tpg;
-	struct task_struct *kthread_sen;
 	u8 *frame;
 	/* The active format */
 	struct v4l2_mbus_framefmt mbus_format;
@@ -208,10 +207,6 @@ static int vimc_sen_s_stream(struct v4l2_subdev *sd, int enable)
 		const struct vimc_pix_map *vpix;
 		unsigned int frame_size;
 
-		if (vsen->kthread_sen)
-			/* tpg is already executing */
-			return 0;
-
 		/* Calculate the frame size */
 		vpix = vimc_pix_map_by_code(vsen->mbus_format.code);
 		frame_size = vsen->mbus_format.width * vpix->bpp *