diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_object.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_object.h
index 48112b9d76dfc3337713e0ce35e4b05ee979af1f..3043fcbd31bdd467b591ee4d3b0e1d009fb94f10 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_object.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_object.h
@@ -503,23 +503,6 @@ i915_gem_object_finish_access(struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj)
 	i915_gem_object_unpin_pages(obj);
 }
 
-static inline struct intel_engine_cs *
-i915_gem_object_last_write_engine(struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj)
-{
-	struct intel_engine_cs *engine = NULL;
-	struct dma_fence *fence;
-
-	rcu_read_lock();
-	fence = dma_resv_get_excl_unlocked(obj->base.resv);
-	rcu_read_unlock();
-
-	if (fence && dma_fence_is_i915(fence) && !dma_fence_is_signaled(fence))
-		engine = to_request(fence)->engine;
-	dma_fence_put(fence);
-
-	return engine;
-}
-
 void i915_gem_object_set_cache_coherency(struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj,
 					 unsigned int cache_level);
 void i915_gem_object_flush_if_display(struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_debugfs.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_debugfs.c
index 9f2cfcf7aa6a6076fe4a5fac568fabf6d45ae5a6..fdbd46ff59e0e93408228202bf5f0f88f69f92b5 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_debugfs.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_debugfs.c
@@ -140,7 +140,6 @@ void
 i915_debugfs_describe_obj(struct seq_file *m, struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj)
 {
 	struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv = to_i915(obj->base.dev);
-	struct intel_engine_cs *engine;
 	struct i915_vma *vma;
 	int pin_count = 0;
 
@@ -230,10 +229,6 @@ i915_debugfs_describe_obj(struct seq_file *m, struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj)
 		seq_printf(m, " (stolen: %08llx)", obj->stolen->start);
 	if (i915_gem_object_is_framebuffer(obj))
 		seq_printf(m, " (fb)");
-
-	engine = i915_gem_object_last_write_engine(obj);
-	if (engine)
-		seq_printf(m, " (%s)", engine->name);
 }
 
 static int i915_gem_object_info(struct seq_file *m, void *data)