diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_execbuffer.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_execbuffer.c
index ee8f97f0539e..802d925b2b57 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_execbuffer.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_execbuffer.c
@@ -601,45 +601,12 @@ err:
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static int
-i915_gem_execbuffer_wait_for_flips(struct intel_ring_buffer *ring, u32 flips)
-{
-	u32 plane, flip_mask;
-	int ret;
-
-	/* Check for any pending flips. As we only maintain a flip queue depth
-	 * of 1, we can simply insert a WAIT for the next display flip prior
-	 * to executing the batch and avoid stalling the CPU.
-	 */
-
-	for (plane = 0; flips >> plane; plane++) {
-		if (((flips >> plane) & 1) == 0)
-			continue;
-
-		if (plane)
-			flip_mask = MI_WAIT_FOR_PLANE_B_FLIP;
-		else
-			flip_mask = MI_WAIT_FOR_PLANE_A_FLIP;
-
-		ret = intel_ring_begin(ring, 2);
-		if (ret)
-			return ret;
-
-		intel_ring_emit(ring, MI_WAIT_FOR_EVENT | flip_mask);
-		intel_ring_emit(ring, MI_NOOP);
-		intel_ring_advance(ring);
-	}
-
-	return 0;
-}
-
 static int
 i915_gem_execbuffer_move_to_gpu(struct intel_ring_buffer *ring,
 				struct list_head *objects)
 {
 	struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj;
 	uint32_t flush_domains = 0;
-	uint32_t flips = 0;
 	int ret;
 
 	list_for_each_entry(obj, objects, exec_list) {
@@ -650,18 +617,9 @@ i915_gem_execbuffer_move_to_gpu(struct intel_ring_buffer *ring,
 		if (obj->base.write_domain & I915_GEM_DOMAIN_CPU)
 			i915_gem_clflush_object(obj);
 
-		if (obj->base.pending_write_domain)
-			flips |= atomic_read(&obj->pending_flip);
-
 		flush_domains |= obj->base.write_domain;
 	}
 
-	if (flips) {
-		ret = i915_gem_execbuffer_wait_for_flips(ring, flips);
-		if (ret)
-			return ret;
-	}
-
 	if (flush_domains & I915_GEM_DOMAIN_CPU)
 		i915_gem_chipset_flush(ring->dev);
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c
index 78d12c471472..8cdf3a1226dc 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c
@@ -6945,8 +6945,6 @@ static void do_intel_finish_page_flip(struct drm_device *dev,
 
 	obj = work->old_fb_obj;
 
-	atomic_clear_mask(1 << intel_crtc->plane,
-			  &obj->pending_flip.counter);
 	wake_up(&dev_priv->pending_flip_queue);
 
 	queue_work(dev_priv->wq, &work->work);
@@ -7292,10 +7290,6 @@ static int intel_crtc_page_flip(struct drm_crtc *crtc,
 
 	work->enable_stall_check = true;
 
-	/* Block clients from rendering to the new back buffer until
-	 * the flip occurs and the object is no longer visible.
-	 */
-	atomic_add(1 << intel_crtc->plane, &work->old_fb_obj->pending_flip);
 	atomic_inc(&intel_crtc->unpin_work_count);
 
 	ret = dev_priv->display.queue_flip(dev, crtc, fb, obj);
@@ -7312,7 +7306,6 @@ static int intel_crtc_page_flip(struct drm_crtc *crtc,
 
 cleanup_pending:
 	atomic_dec(&intel_crtc->unpin_work_count);
-	atomic_sub(1 << intel_crtc->plane, &work->old_fb_obj->pending_flip);
 	drm_gem_object_unreference(&work->old_fb_obj->base);
 	drm_gem_object_unreference(&obj->base);
 	mutex_unlock(&dev->struct_mutex);