diff --git a/src/sna/kgem.c b/src/sna/kgem.c
index 5c029ad4..aadc5f23 100644
--- a/src/sna/kgem.c
+++ b/src/sna/kgem.c
@@ -985,15 +985,6 @@ static void kgem_init_swizzling(struct kgem *kgem)
 {
 	struct drm_i915_gem_get_tiling tiling;
 
-#ifndef __x86_64__
-	/* Between a register starved compiler emitting attrocious code
-	 * and the extra overhead in the kernel for managing the tight
-	 * 32-bit address space, unless we have a 64-bit system,
-	 * using memcpy_to_tiled_x() is extremely slow.
-	 */
-	return;
-#endif
-
 	if (kgem->gen < 050) /* bit17 swizzling :( */
 		return;