diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_shrinker.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_shrinker.c
index 0e7352d82ca42ef2833ce7e2d52429bf2f00ecdf..b409e67c5c72bb4ce70fd6be2008b9a7b886b704 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_shrinker.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_shrinker.c
@@ -59,9 +59,6 @@ static void shrinker_unlock(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv, bool unlock)
 		return;
 
 	mutex_unlock(&dev_priv->drm.struct_mutex);
-
-	/* expedite the RCU grace period to free some request slabs */
-	synchronize_rcu_expedited();
 }
 
 static bool any_vma_pinned(struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj)
@@ -274,8 +271,6 @@ unsigned long i915_gem_shrink_all(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv)
 				I915_SHRINK_ACTIVE);
 	intel_runtime_pm_put(dev_priv);
 
-	synchronize_rcu(); /* wait for our earlier RCU delayed slab frees */
-
 	return freed;
 }