diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
index fd6362ea865c..f9f339aafdee 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
@@ -811,7 +811,6 @@ int i915_gem_idle(struct drm_device *dev);
 uint32_t i915_add_request(struct drm_device *dev, struct drm_file *file_priv,
 			  uint32_t flush_domains);
 int i915_do_wait_request(struct drm_device *dev, uint32_t seqno, int interruptible);
-int i915_lp_ring_sync(struct drm_device *dev);
 int i915_gem_fault(struct vm_area_struct *vma, struct vm_fault *vmf);
 int i915_gem_object_set_to_gtt_domain(struct drm_gem_object *obj,
 				      int write);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
index 5e579a41b6ad..19d25e5d8608 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
@@ -1890,24 +1890,6 @@ i915_wait_request(struct drm_device *dev, uint32_t seqno)
 	return i915_do_wait_request(dev, seqno, 1);
 }
 
-/**
- * Waits for the ring to finish up to the latest request. Usefull for waiting
- * for flip events, e.g for the overlay support. */
-int i915_lp_ring_sync(struct drm_device *dev)
-{
-	uint32_t seqno;
-	int ret;
-
-	seqno = i915_add_request(dev, NULL, 0);
-
-	if (seqno == 0)
-		return -ENOMEM;
-
-	ret = i915_do_wait_request(dev, seqno, 0);
-	BUG_ON(ret == -ERESTARTSYS);
-	return ret;
-}
-
 static void
 i915_gem_flush(struct drm_device *dev,
 	       uint32_t invalidate_domains,