diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_irq.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_irq.c
index 063b4577d4c6..bd6168be63d3 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_irq.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_irq.c
@@ -1785,18 +1785,6 @@ static void ironlake_irq_preinstall(struct drm_device *dev)
 
 	I915_WRITE(HWSTAM, 0xeffe);
 
-	if (IS_GEN6(dev)) {
-		/* Workaround stalls observed on Sandy Bridge GPUs by
-		 * making the blitter command streamer generate a
-		 * write to the Hardware Status Page for
-		 * MI_USER_INTERRUPT.  This appears to serialize the
-		 * previous seqno write out before the interrupt
-		 * happens.
-		 */
-		I915_WRITE(GEN6_BLITTER_HWSTAM, ~GEN6_BLITTER_USER_INTERRUPT);
-		I915_WRITE(GEN6_BSD_HWSTAM, ~GEN6_BSD_USER_INTERRUPT);
-	}
-
 	/* XXX hotplug from PCH */
 
 	I915_WRITE(DEIMR, 0xffffffff);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.c
index 8a983b50a791..e784ebb8cc27 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.c
@@ -798,8 +798,7 @@ gen6_ring_get_irq(struct intel_ring_buffer *ring, u32 gflag, u32 rflag)
 	/* It looks like we need to prevent the gt from suspending while waiting
 	 * for an notifiy irq, otherwise irqs seem to get lost on at least the
 	 * blt/bsd rings on ivb. */
-	if (IS_GEN7(dev))
-		gen6_gt_force_wake_get(dev_priv);
+	gen6_gt_force_wake_get(dev_priv);
 
 	spin_lock(&ring->irq_lock);
 	if (ring->irq_refcount++ == 0) {
@@ -826,8 +825,7 @@ gen6_ring_put_irq(struct intel_ring_buffer *ring, u32 gflag, u32 rflag)
 	}
 	spin_unlock(&ring->irq_lock);
 
-	if (IS_GEN7(dev))
-		gen6_gt_force_wake_put(dev_priv);
+	gen6_gt_force_wake_put(dev_priv);
 }
 
 static bool