diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_dma.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_dma.c
index 6c9625305abcecf7a061985b3130281ee92960ed..c20fa303365f16a7f599207272806d72bbffeba4 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_dma.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_dma.c
@@ -815,9 +815,6 @@ int i915_driver_load(struct drm_device *dev, unsigned long flags)
 			DRM_ERROR("failed to init modeset\n");
 			goto out_power_well;
 		}
-	} else {
-		/* Start out suspended in ums mode. */
-		dev_priv->ums.mm_suspended = 1;
 	}
 
 	i915_setup_sysfs(dev);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.c
index c9f248acbd69f1e8ad96eeef45376baec3dd87dc..1df4079417006b72d2b66dbc6ae80d24b5d41925 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.c
@@ -852,10 +852,7 @@ int i915_reset(struct drm_device *dev)
 	 * was running at the time of the reset (i.e. we weren't VT
 	 * switched away).
 	 */
-	if (drm_core_check_feature(dev, DRIVER_MODESET) ||
-			!dev_priv->ums.mm_suspended) {
-		dev_priv->ums.mm_suspended = 0;
-
+	if (drm_core_check_feature(dev, DRIVER_MODESET)) {
 		/* Used to prevent gem_check_wedged returning -EAGAIN during gpu reset */
 		dev_priv->gpu_error.reload_in_reset = true;
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
index a52fba103ce98aabec9b4dec4bf08f769f373ebd..3d572a6023e667ced806f3063fee08c97255f141 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
@@ -1121,18 +1121,6 @@ struct i915_power_domains {
 	struct i915_power_well *power_wells;
 };
 
-struct i915_ums_state {
-	/**
-	 * Flag if the X Server, and thus DRM, is not currently in
-	 * control of the device.
-	 *
-	 * This is set between LeaveVT and EnterVT.  It needs to be
-	 * replaced with a semaphore.  It also needs to be
-	 * transitioned away from for kernel modesetting.
-	 */
-	int mm_suspended;
-};
-
 #define MAX_L3_SLICES 2
 struct intel_l3_parity {
 	u32 *remap_info[MAX_L3_SLICES];
@@ -1768,9 +1756,6 @@ struct drm_i915_private {
 
 	uint32_t bios_vgacntr;
 
-	/* Old ums support infrastructure, same warning applies. */
-	struct i915_ums_state ums;
-
 	/* Abstract the submission mechanism (legacy ringbuffer or execlists) away */
 	struct {
 		int (*do_execbuf)(struct drm_device *dev, struct drm_file *file,
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
index bd171092e86f8b04e66ac1d87e555ebe698c52bb..af30283db628e6da1160e10e46e64a44b7d34cbb 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
@@ -2501,15 +2501,13 @@ int __i915_add_request(struct intel_engine_cs *ring,
 	ring->outstanding_lazy_seqno = 0;
 	ring->preallocated_lazy_request = NULL;
 
-	if (!dev_priv->ums.mm_suspended) {
-		i915_queue_hangcheck(ring->dev);
+	i915_queue_hangcheck(ring->dev);
 
-		cancel_delayed_work_sync(&dev_priv->mm.idle_work);
-		queue_delayed_work(dev_priv->wq,
-				   &dev_priv->mm.retire_work,
-				   round_jiffies_up_relative(HZ));
-		intel_mark_busy(dev_priv->dev);
-	}
+	cancel_delayed_work_sync(&dev_priv->mm.idle_work);
+	queue_delayed_work(dev_priv->wq,
+			   &dev_priv->mm.retire_work,
+			   round_jiffies_up_relative(HZ));
+	intel_mark_busy(dev_priv->dev);
 
 	if (out_seqno)
 		*out_seqno = request->seqno;
@@ -4651,9 +4649,6 @@ i915_gem_suspend(struct drm_device *dev)
 	int ret = 0;
 
 	mutex_lock(&dev->struct_mutex);
-	if (dev_priv->ums.mm_suspended)
-		goto err;
-
 	ret = i915_gpu_idle(dev);
 	if (ret)
 		goto err;
@@ -4665,13 +4660,6 @@ i915_gem_suspend(struct drm_device *dev)
 		i915_gem_evict_everything(dev);
 
 	i915_gem_stop_ringbuffers(dev);
-
-	/* Hack!  Don't let anybody do execbuf while we don't control the chip.
-	 * We need to replace this with a semaphore, or something.
-	 * And not confound ums.mm_suspended!
-	 */
-	dev_priv->ums.mm_suspended = !drm_core_check_feature(dev,
-							     DRIVER_MODESET);
 	mutex_unlock(&dev->struct_mutex);
 
 	del_timer_sync(&dev_priv->gpu_error.hangcheck_timer);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_execbuffer.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_execbuffer.c
index b16eee061990553aa601d6567b04775c0b36a6ad..11738316394af9b16669155dbbec74fde0f22223 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_execbuffer.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_execbuffer.c
@@ -1338,12 +1338,6 @@ i915_gem_do_execbuffer(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
 	if (ret)
 		goto pre_mutex_err;
 
-	if (dev_priv->ums.mm_suspended) {
-		mutex_unlock(&dev->struct_mutex);
-		ret = -EBUSY;
-		goto pre_mutex_err;
-	}
-
 	ctx = i915_gem_validate_context(dev, file, ring, ctx_id);
 	if (IS_ERR(ctx)) {
 		mutex_unlock(&dev->struct_mutex);