diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_dma.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_dma.c
index d70d96fe553bb65515540f048bdfe224f15a48e6..1c3d2544fec4e817422153f1aa40465f91985eee 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_dma.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_dma.c
@@ -1261,8 +1261,6 @@ void i915_driver_preclose(struct drm_device *dev, struct drm_file *file)
 	i915_gem_context_close(dev, file);
 	i915_gem_release(dev, file);
 	mutex_unlock(&dev->struct_mutex);
-
-	intel_modeset_preclose(dev, file);
 }
 
 void i915_driver_postclose(struct drm_device *dev, struct drm_file *file)
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c
index 580d094bfc1e1fc7426a937b721b29062ac9fe8e..8816ba1d6d53d61eb5fa9887a2a77db2027a1025 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c
@@ -16140,24 +16140,3 @@ intel_display_print_error_state(struct drm_i915_error_state_buf *m,
 		err_printf(m, "  VSYNC: %08x\n", error->transcoder[i].vsync);
 	}
 }
-
-void intel_modeset_preclose(struct drm_device *dev, struct drm_file *file)
-{
-	struct intel_crtc *crtc;
-
-	for_each_intel_crtc(dev, crtc) {
-		struct intel_unpin_work *work;
-
-		spin_lock_irq(&dev->event_lock);
-
-		work = crtc->unpin_work;
-
-		if (work && work->event &&
-		    work->event->base.file_priv == file) {
-			kfree(work->event);
-			work->event = NULL;
-		}
-
-		spin_unlock_irq(&dev->event_lock);
-	}
-}
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_drv.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_drv.h
index ea5415851c6e2cc36d4c6790db473fab637fd46d..98e434537dd289b1ecf846c3b199b8bb27d6880e 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_drv.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_drv.h
@@ -1207,7 +1207,6 @@ enum intel_display_power_domain
 intel_display_port_aux_power_domain(struct intel_encoder *intel_encoder);
 void intel_mode_from_pipe_config(struct drm_display_mode *mode,
 				 struct intel_crtc_state *pipe_config);
-void intel_modeset_preclose(struct drm_device *dev, struct drm_file *file);
 
 int skl_update_scaler_crtc(struct intel_crtc_state *crtc_state);
 int skl_max_scale(struct intel_crtc *crtc, struct intel_crtc_state *crtc_state);