diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu.h
index 7b923e6509af23c88e2d959ff793914943807f5f..ac686e514e01d86bb7153189eada8347409d4f3c 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu.h
@@ -1213,10 +1213,6 @@ void amdgpu_ring_insert_nop(struct amdgpu_ring *ring, uint32_t count);
 void amdgpu_ring_generic_pad_ib(struct amdgpu_ring *ring, struct amdgpu_ib *ib);
 void amdgpu_ring_commit(struct amdgpu_ring *ring);
 void amdgpu_ring_undo(struct amdgpu_ring *ring);
-unsigned amdgpu_ring_backup(struct amdgpu_ring *ring,
-			    uint32_t **data);
-int amdgpu_ring_restore(struct amdgpu_ring *ring,
-			unsigned size, uint32_t *data);
 int amdgpu_ring_init(struct amdgpu_device *adev, struct amdgpu_ring *ring,
 		     unsigned ring_size, u32 nop, u32 align_mask,
 		     struct amdgpu_irq_src *irq_src, unsigned irq_type,
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_device.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_device.c
index 29ccd7ca8bc7aaa66e2a44ebd553d04baacf8cb0..29d0055fe50d0005025a836a4d5805b99d37d458 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_device.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_device.c
@@ -1926,11 +1926,6 @@ int amdgpu_resume_kms(struct drm_device *dev, bool resume, bool fbcon)
  */
 int amdgpu_gpu_reset(struct amdgpu_device *adev)
 {
-	unsigned ring_sizes[AMDGPU_MAX_RINGS];
-	uint32_t *ring_data[AMDGPU_MAX_RINGS];
-
-	bool saved = false;
-
 	int i, r;
 	int resched;
 
@@ -1955,19 +1950,6 @@ int amdgpu_gpu_reset(struct amdgpu_device *adev)
 	amdgpu_atombios_scratch_regs_save(adev);
 	r = amdgpu_suspend(adev);
 
-	for (i = 0; i < AMDGPU_MAX_RINGS; ++i) {
-		struct amdgpu_ring *ring = adev->rings[i];
-		if (!ring)
-			continue;
-
-		ring_sizes[i] = amdgpu_ring_backup(ring, &ring_data[i]);
-		if (ring_sizes[i]) {
-			saved = true;
-			dev_info(adev->dev, "Saved %d dwords of commands "
-				 "on ring %d.\n", ring_sizes[i], i);
-		}
-	}
-
 retry:
 	/* Disable fb access */
 	if (adev->mode_info.num_crtc) {
@@ -1990,11 +1972,8 @@ int amdgpu_gpu_reset(struct amdgpu_device *adev)
 		r = amdgpu_ib_ring_tests(adev);
 		if (r) {
 			dev_err(adev->dev, "ib ring test failed (%d).\n", r);
-			if (saved) {
-				saved = false;
-				r = amdgpu_suspend(adev);
-				goto retry;
-			}
+			r = amdgpu_suspend(adev);
+			goto retry;
 		}
 
 		for (i = 0; i < AMDGPU_MAX_RINGS; ++i) {
@@ -2003,16 +1982,12 @@ int amdgpu_gpu_reset(struct amdgpu_device *adev)
 				continue;
 			amd_sched_job_recovery(&ring->sched);
 			kthread_unpark(ring->sched.thread);
-			kfree(ring_data[i]);
-			ring_sizes[i] = 0;
-			ring_data[i] = NULL;
 		}
 	} else {
 		dev_err(adev->dev, "asic resume failed (%d).\n", r);
 		for (i = 0; i < AMDGPU_MAX_RINGS; ++i) {
 			if (adev->rings[i]) {
 				kthread_unpark(adev->rings[i]->sched.thread);
-				kfree(ring_data[i]);
 			}
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_ring.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_ring.c
index c38203e04efe5d7ba2d407ccf0a9fc59aff77a22..71e146180e8ef3bdbeca1d8e227c75bef4e346ec 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_ring.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_ring.c
@@ -141,78 +141,6 @@ void amdgpu_ring_undo(struct amdgpu_ring *ring)
 	ring->wptr = ring->wptr_old;
 }
 
-/**
- * amdgpu_ring_backup - Back up the content of a ring
- *
- * @ring: the ring we want to back up
- *
- * Saves all unprocessed commits from a ring, returns the number of dwords saved.
- */
-unsigned amdgpu_ring_backup(struct amdgpu_ring *ring,
-			    uint32_t **data)
-{
-	unsigned size, ptr, i;
-
-	*data = NULL;
-
-	if (ring->ring_obj == NULL)
-		return 0;
-
-	/* it doesn't make sense to save anything if all fences are signaled */
-	if (!amdgpu_fence_count_emitted(ring))
-		return 0;
-
-	ptr = le32_to_cpu(*ring->next_rptr_cpu_addr);
-
-	size = ring->wptr + (ring->ring_size / 4);
-	size -= ptr;
-	size &= ring->ptr_mask;
-	if (size == 0)
-		return 0;
-
-	/* and then save the content of the ring */
-	*data = kmalloc_array(size, sizeof(uint32_t), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!*data)
-		return 0;
-	for (i = 0; i < size; ++i) {
-		(*data)[i] = ring->ring[ptr++];
-		ptr &= ring->ptr_mask;
-	}
-
-	return size;
-}
-
-/**
- * amdgpu_ring_restore - append saved commands to the ring again
- *
- * @ring: ring to append commands to
- * @size: number of dwords we want to write
- * @data: saved commands
- *
- * Allocates space on the ring and restore the previously saved commands.
- */
-int amdgpu_ring_restore(struct amdgpu_ring *ring,
-			unsigned size, uint32_t *data)
-{
-	int i, r;
-
-	if (!size || !data)
-		return 0;
-
-	/* restore the saved ring content */
-	r = amdgpu_ring_alloc(ring, size);
-	if (r)
-		return r;
-
-	for (i = 0; i < size; ++i) {
-		amdgpu_ring_write(ring, data[i]);
-	}
-
-	amdgpu_ring_commit(ring);
-	kfree(data);
-	return 0;
-}
-
 /**
  * amdgpu_ring_init - init driver ring struct.
  *