diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
index fbda38f25c6be8d111161365ccea31d5f1f1ad5f..2de3d16f7b8076d83dde15bf3e144f66de96287c 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
@@ -3169,7 +3169,6 @@ struct drm_i915_gem_request *
 i915_gem_find_active_request(struct intel_engine_cs *engine);
 
 void i915_gem_retire_requests(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv);
-void i915_gem_retire_requests_ring(struct intel_engine_cs *engine);
 
 static inline u32 i915_reset_counter(struct i915_gpu_error *error)
 {
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_execbuffer.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_execbuffer.c
index 5e3b5054f72de2a8182a69b62f5485693c9daa49..0593ea3ba21152e9332441e62838abd67d38555d 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_execbuffer.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_execbuffer.c
@@ -781,8 +781,6 @@ i915_gem_execbuffer_reserve(struct intel_engine_cs *engine,
 	bool has_fenced_gpu_access = INTEL_GEN(engine->i915) < 4;
 	int retry;
 
-	i915_gem_retire_requests_ring(engine);
-
 	vm = list_first_entry(vmas, struct i915_vma, exec_list)->vm;
 
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&ordered_vmas);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_request.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_request.c
index 6faa84832ade9a5c90d6ebf63a170270c7550669..773b942a3a5f8d1cdbb822cc0f062737c94cd195 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_request.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_request.c
@@ -732,7 +732,7 @@ int i915_wait_request(struct drm_i915_gem_request *req,
 	return ret;
 }
 
-void i915_gem_retire_requests_ring(struct intel_engine_cs *engine)
+static void engine_retire_requests(struct intel_engine_cs *engine)
 {
 	struct drm_i915_gem_request *request, *next;
 
@@ -756,7 +756,7 @@ void i915_gem_retire_requests(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv)
 	GEM_BUG_ON(!dev_priv->gt.awake);
 
 	for_each_engine(engine, dev_priv) {
-		i915_gem_retire_requests_ring(engine);
+		engine_retire_requests(engine);
 		if (list_empty(&engine->request_list))
 			dev_priv->gt.active_engines &= ~intel_engine_flag(engine);
 	}