diff --git a/drivers/gpu/arm/bifrost/mali_kbase_jd.c b/drivers/gpu/arm/bifrost/mali_kbase_jd.c
index fb187208ffe5..d0674d1bd8f4 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/arm/bifrost/mali_kbase_jd.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/arm/bifrost/mali_kbase_jd.c
@@ -1053,21 +1053,6 @@ static bool jd_submit_atom(struct kbase_context *const kctx,
 
 			return jd_done_nolock(katom, NULL);
 		}
-
-		if (katom->core_req & BASE_JD_REQ_SOFT_JOB) {
-			/* This softjob has failed due to a previous
-			 * dependency, however we should still run the
-			 * prepare & finish functions
-			 */
-			if (kbase_prepare_soft_job(katom) != 0) {
-				katom->event_code =
-					BASE_JD_EVENT_JOB_INVALID;
-				return jd_done_nolock(katom, NULL);
-			}
-		}
-
-		katom->will_fail_event_code = katom->event_code;
-		return false;
 	}
 
 	/* These must occur after the above loop to ensure that an atom