diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_guc_ct.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_guc_ct.c
index 5d9ed5de5dbb..cb75db30800c 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_guc_ct.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_guc_ct.c
@@ -625,14 +625,10 @@ static int guc_ct_send(struct xe_guc_ct *ct, const u32 *action, u32 len,
 
 	XE_BUG_ON(g2h_len && g2h_fence);
 
-	xe_device_mem_access_get(ct_to_xe(ct));
-
 	mutex_lock(&ct->lock);
 	ret = guc_ct_send_locked(ct, action, len, g2h_len, num_g2h, g2h_fence);
 	mutex_unlock(&ct->lock);
 
-	xe_device_mem_access_put(ct_to_xe(ct));
-
 	return ret;
 }