diff --git a/drivers/staging/android/sw_sync.c b/drivers/staging/android/sw_sync.c
index 4200b12583081ae9bef8ea178dbb5c56f1a3108f..c5e92c6c2b1862d8c90530f29e030bd6956e9395 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/android/sw_sync.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/android/sw_sync.c
@@ -38,16 +38,11 @@ struct fence *sw_sync_pt_create(struct sw_sync_timeline *obj, u32 value)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(sw_sync_pt_create);
 
-static struct sync_timeline_ops sw_sync_timeline_ops = {
-	.driver_name = "sw_sync",
-};
-
 struct sw_sync_timeline *sw_sync_timeline_create(const char *name)
 {
 	struct sw_sync_timeline *obj = (struct sw_sync_timeline *)
-		sync_timeline_create(&sw_sync_timeline_ops,
-				     sizeof(struct sw_sync_timeline),
-				     name);
+		sync_timeline_create(sizeof(struct sw_sync_timeline),
+				     "sw_sync", name);
 
 	return obj;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/staging/android/sync.c b/drivers/staging/android/sync.c
index c75d1e68d1b420101ac4e405c188c810b9fb536e..b3efcaa51646e5275caf47d78695d07ba771951d 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/android/sync.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/android/sync.c
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@
 
 static const struct fence_ops android_fence_ops;
 
-struct sync_timeline *sync_timeline_create(const struct sync_timeline_ops *ops,
-					   int size, const char *name)
+struct sync_timeline *sync_timeline_create(int size, const char *drv_name,
+					   const char *name)
 {
 	struct sync_timeline *obj;
 
@@ -43,9 +43,9 @@ struct sync_timeline *sync_timeline_create(const struct sync_timeline_ops *ops,
 		return NULL;
 
 	kref_init(&obj->kref);
-	obj->ops = ops;
 	obj->context = fence_context_alloc(1);
 	strlcpy(obj->name, name, sizeof(obj->name));
+	strlcpy(obj->drv_name, drv_name, sizeof(obj->drv_name));
 
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&obj->child_list_head);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&obj->active_list_head);
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ static const char *android_fence_get_driver_name(struct fence *fence)
 {
 	struct sync_timeline *parent = fence_parent(fence);
 
-	return parent->ops->driver_name;
+	return parent->drv_name;
 }
 
 static const char *android_fence_get_timeline_name(struct fence *fence)
diff --git a/drivers/staging/android/sync.h b/drivers/staging/android/sync.h
index 29f8c190208ac2743e5c60df34b51a14ead7e057..f003e97a8c790c0f1cdcc6dc7ea33d8a929a6655 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/android/sync.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/android/sync.h
@@ -23,20 +23,10 @@
 #include <linux/sync_file.h>
 #include <uapi/linux/sync_file.h>
 
-struct sync_timeline;
-
-/**
- * struct sync_timeline_ops - sync object implementation ops
- * @driver_name:	name of the implementation
- */
-struct sync_timeline_ops {
-	const char *driver_name;
-};
-
 /**
  * struct sync_timeline - sync object
  * @kref:		reference count on fence.
- * @ops:		ops that define the implementation of the sync_timeline
+ * @drv_name:		drv_name of the driver using the sync_timeline
  * @name:		name of the sync_timeline. Useful for debugging
  * @destroyed:		set when sync_timeline is destroyed
  * @child_list_head:	list of children sync_pts for this sync_timeline
@@ -47,7 +37,7 @@ struct sync_timeline_ops {
  */
 struct sync_timeline {
 	struct kref		kref;
-	const struct sync_timeline_ops	*ops;
+	char			drv_name[32];
 	char			name[32];
 
 	/* protected by child_list_lock */
@@ -76,17 +66,17 @@ static inline struct sync_timeline *fence_parent(struct fence *fence)
 
 /**
  * sync_timeline_create() - creates a sync object
- * @ops:	specifies the implementation ops for the object
  * @size:	size to allocate for this obj
+ * @drv_name:	sync_timeline driver name
  * @name:	sync_timeline name
  *
- * Creates a new sync_timeline which will use the implementation specified by
- * @ops.  @size bytes will be allocated allowing for implementation specific
- * data to be kept after the generic sync_timeline struct. Returns the
- * sync_timeline object or NULL in case of error.
+ * Creates a new sync_timeline. @size bytes will be allocated allowing
+ * for implementation specific data to be kept after the generic
+ * sync_timeline struct. Returns the sync_timeline object or NULL in
+ * case of error.
  */
-struct sync_timeline *sync_timeline_create(const struct sync_timeline_ops *ops,
-					   int size, const char *name);
+struct sync_timeline *sync_timeline_create(int size, const char *drv_name,
+					   const char *name);
 
 /**
  * sync_timeline_destroy() - destroys a sync object
diff --git a/drivers/staging/android/sync_debug.c b/drivers/staging/android/sync_debug.c
index c5324574606d8c5a9276c47e36a64732738845c3..e5634f2ffae536922acf80dbad90e53418601e43 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/android/sync_debug.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/android/sync_debug.c
@@ -133,8 +133,7 @@ static void sync_print_obj(struct seq_file *s, struct sync_timeline *obj)
 	struct list_head *pos;
 	unsigned long flags;
 
-	seq_printf(s, "%s %s: %d\n", obj->name, obj->ops->driver_name,
-		   obj->value);
+	seq_printf(s, "%s %s: %d\n", obj->name, obj->drv_name, obj->value);
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&obj->child_list_lock, flags);
 	list_for_each(pos, &obj->child_list_head) {