diff --git a/src/mesa/drivers/common/meta.h b/src/mesa/drivers/common/meta.h
index 60ae5f7577f..c2efa50a33d 100644
--- a/src/mesa/drivers/common/meta.h
+++ b/src/mesa/drivers/common/meta.h
@@ -536,7 +536,7 @@ _mesa_meta_pbo_TexSubImage(struct gl_context *ctx, GLuint dims,
                            int xoffset, int yoffset, int zoffset,
                            int width, int height, int depth,
                            GLenum format, GLenum type, const void *pixels,
-                           bool allocate_storage, bool create_pbo,
+                           bool create_pbo,
                            const struct gl_pixelstore_attrib *packing);
 
 extern bool
diff --git a/src/mesa/drivers/common/meta_tex_subimage.c b/src/mesa/drivers/common/meta_tex_subimage.c
index 330289b6220..dfd3327dd55 100644
--- a/src/mesa/drivers/common/meta_tex_subimage.c
+++ b/src/mesa/drivers/common/meta_tex_subimage.c
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ _mesa_meta_pbo_TexSubImage(struct gl_context *ctx, GLuint dims,
                            int xoffset, int yoffset, int zoffset,
                            int width, int height, int depth,
                            GLenum format, GLenum type, const void *pixels,
-                           bool allocate_storage, bool create_pbo,
+                           bool create_pbo,
                            const struct gl_pixelstore_attrib *packing)
 {
    struct gl_buffer_object *pbo = NULL;
@@ -227,9 +227,6 @@ _mesa_meta_pbo_TexSubImage(struct gl_context *ctx, GLuint dims,
       return false;
    }
 
-   if (allocate_storage)
-      ctx->Driver.AllocTextureImageBuffer(ctx, tex_image);
-
    readFb = ctx->Driver.NewFramebuffer(ctx, 0xDEADBEEF);
    if (readFb == NULL)
       goto fail;
diff --git a/src/mesa/drivers/dri/i965/intel_tex_image.c b/src/mesa/drivers/dri/i965/intel_tex_image.c
index e21c3ac543f..85259022c64 100644
--- a/src/mesa/drivers/dri/i965/intel_tex_image.c
+++ b/src/mesa/drivers/dri/i965/intel_tex_image.c
@@ -111,7 +111,6 @@ intelTexImage(struct gl_context * ctx,
                                    texImage->Width, texImage->Height,
                                    texImage->Depth,
                                    format, type, pixels,
-                                   false /*allocate_storage*/,
                                    tex_busy, unpack);
    if (ok)
       return;
diff --git a/src/mesa/drivers/dri/i965/intel_tex_subimage.c b/src/mesa/drivers/dri/i965/intel_tex_subimage.c
index 573f701acdd..4849a4151e2 100644
--- a/src/mesa/drivers/dri/i965/intel_tex_subimage.c
+++ b/src/mesa/drivers/dri/i965/intel_tex_subimage.c
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ intelTexSubImage(struct gl_context * ctx,
    ok = _mesa_meta_pbo_TexSubImage(ctx, dims, texImage,
                                    xoffset, yoffset, zoffset,
                                    width, height, depth, format, type,
-                                   pixels, false, tex_busy, packing);
+                                   pixels, tex_busy, packing);
    if (ok)
       return;