diff --git a/drivers/gpu/msm/adreno_a2xx.c b/drivers/gpu/msm/adreno_a2xx.c
index c0a0a59a..9e167c65 100755
--- a/drivers/gpu/msm/adreno_a2xx.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/msm/adreno_a2xx.c
@@ -1254,8 +1254,8 @@ static int a2xx_create_gmem_shadow(struct adreno_device *adreno_dev,
 	if (result)
 		return result;
 
-	/* we've allocated the shadow, when swapped out, GMEM must be saved. */
-	drawctxt->flags |= CTXT_FLAGS_GMEM_SHADOW | CTXT_FLAGS_GMEM_SAVE;
+	/* set the gmem shadow flag for the context */
+	drawctxt->flags |= CTXT_FLAGS_GMEM_SHADOW;
 
 	/* blank out gmem shadow. */
 	kgsl_sharedmem_set(&drawctxt->context_gmem_shadow.gmemshadow, 0, 0,