diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_bo.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_bo.c
index ec54364ac828f1bd69c13e42cf50507db5e913f6..7d15a774f9c9e6e46b431803ef9d60cf0766d54a 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_bo.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_bo.c
@@ -693,16 +693,12 @@ nouveau_bo_move_m2mf(struct ttm_buffer_object *bo, int evict, bool intr,
 		     struct ttm_mem_reg *new_mem)
 {
 	struct drm_nouveau_private *dev_priv = nouveau_bdev(bo->bdev);
+	struct nouveau_channel *chan = chan = dev_priv->channel;
 	struct nouveau_bo *nvbo = nouveau_bo(bo);
 	struct ttm_mem_reg *old_mem = &bo->mem;
-	struct nouveau_channel *chan;
 	int ret;
 
-	chan = nvbo->channel;
-	if (!chan) {
-		chan = dev_priv->channel;
-		mutex_lock_nested(&chan->mutex, NOUVEAU_KCHANNEL_MUTEX);
-	}
+	mutex_lock_nested(&chan->mutex, NOUVEAU_KCHANNEL_MUTEX);
 
 	/* create temporary vmas for the transfer and attach them to the
 	 * old nouveau_mem node, these will get cleaned up after ttm has
@@ -734,8 +730,7 @@ nouveau_bo_move_m2mf(struct ttm_buffer_object *bo, int evict, bool intr,
 	}
 
 out:
-	if (chan == dev_priv->channel)
-		mutex_unlock(&chan->mutex);
+	mutex_unlock(&chan->mutex);
 	return ret;
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_drv.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_drv.h
index a184ba3312734f7140d505a998f339ae54b8fb5a..0df21752d2743fc654d390eb5f522deb2d044628 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_drv.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_drv.h
@@ -113,8 +113,6 @@ struct nouveau_bo {
 	int pbbo_index;
 	bool validate_mapped;
 
-	struct nouveau_channel *channel;
-
 	struct list_head vma_list;
 	unsigned page_shift;
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_gem.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_gem.c
index 7ce3fde4074312948e39c902fb4ca239c8e5a733..ed52a6f41613e0f05ff5b59e3096d5e9abe100fc 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_gem.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_gem.c
@@ -426,9 +426,7 @@ validate_list(struct nouveau_channel *chan, struct list_head *list,
 			return ret;
 		}
 
-		nvbo->channel = (b->read_domains & (1 << 31)) ? NULL : chan;
 		ret = nouveau_bo_validate(nvbo, true, false, false);
-		nvbo->channel = NULL;
 		if (unlikely(ret)) {
 			if (ret != -ERESTARTSYS)
 				NV_ERROR(dev, "fail ttm_validate\n");
@@ -678,19 +676,13 @@ nouveau_gem_ioctl_pushbuf(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
 		return PTR_ERR(bo);
 	}
 
-	/* Mark push buffers as being used on PFIFO, the validation code
-	 * will then make sure that if the pushbuf bo moves, that they
-	 * happen on the kernel channel, which will in turn cause a sync
-	 * to happen before we try and submit the push buffer.
-	 */
+	/* Ensure all push buffers are on validate list */
 	for (i = 0; i < req->nr_push; i++) {
 		if (push[i].bo_index >= req->nr_buffers) {
 			NV_ERROR(dev, "push %d buffer not in list\n", i);
 			ret = -EINVAL;
 			goto out_prevalid;
 		}
-
-		bo[push[i].bo_index].read_domains |= (1 << 31);
 	}
 
 	/* Validate buffer list */