diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_gt_pm.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_gt_pm.c
index 427aded512f2..06e73d56cfcf 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_gt_pm.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_gt_pm.c
@@ -176,9 +176,7 @@ int intel_gt_resume(struct intel_gt *gt)
 		ce = engine->kernel_context;
 		if (ce) {
 			GEM_BUG_ON(!intel_context_is_pinned(ce));
-			mutex_acquire(&ce->pin_mutex.dep_map, 0, 0, _THIS_IP_);
 			ce->ops->reset(ce);
-			mutex_release(&ce->pin_mutex.dep_map, 0, _THIS_IP_);
 		}
 
 		engine->serial++; /* kernel context lost */
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_lrc.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_lrc.c
index d0088d020220..f9f3e985bb79 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_lrc.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_lrc.c
@@ -235,16 +235,6 @@ static void execlists_init_reg_state(u32 *reg_state,
 				     const struct intel_ring *ring,
 				     bool close);
 
-static void __context_pin_acquire(struct intel_context *ce)
-{
-	mutex_acquire(&ce->pin_mutex.dep_map, 2, 0, _RET_IP_);
-}
-
-static void __context_pin_release(struct intel_context *ce)
-{
-	mutex_release(&ce->pin_mutex.dep_map, 0, _RET_IP_);
-}
-
 static void mark_eio(struct i915_request *rq)
 {
 	if (i915_request_completed(rq))
@@ -2792,9 +2782,6 @@ static void __execlists_reset(struct intel_engine_cs *engine, bool stalled)
 	ce = rq->hw_context;
 	GEM_BUG_ON(!i915_vma_is_pinned(ce->state));
 
-	/* Proclaim we have exclusive access to the context image! */
-	__context_pin_acquire(ce);
-
 	rq = active_request(rq);
 	if (!rq) {
 		/* Idle context; tidy up the ring so we can restart afresh */
@@ -2860,7 +2847,6 @@ static void __execlists_reset(struct intel_engine_cs *engine, bool stalled)
 	__execlists_reset_reg_state(ce, engine);
 	__execlists_update_reg_state(ce, engine);
 	ce->lrc_desc |= CTX_DESC_FORCE_RESTORE; /* paranoid: GPU was reset! */
-	__context_pin_release(ce);
 
 unwind:
 	/* Push back any incomplete requests for replay after the reset. */
@@ -4502,7 +4488,6 @@ void intel_lr_context_reset(struct intel_engine_cs *engine,
 			    bool scrub)
 {
 	GEM_BUG_ON(!intel_context_is_pinned(ce));
-	__context_pin_acquire(ce);
 
 	/*
 	 * We want a simple context + ring to execute the breadcrumb update.
@@ -4528,7 +4513,6 @@ void intel_lr_context_reset(struct intel_engine_cs *engine,
 	intel_ring_update_space(ce->ring);
 
 	__execlists_update_reg_state(ce, engine);
-	__context_pin_release(ce);
 }
 
 #if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_DRM_I915_SELFTEST)
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/selftest_lrc.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/selftest_lrc.c
index 5dc679781a08..7516d1c90925 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/selftest_lrc.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/selftest_lrc.c
@@ -168,12 +168,7 @@ static int live_unlite_restore(struct intel_gt *gt, int prio)
 		}
 		GEM_BUG_ON(!ce[1]->ring->size);
 		intel_ring_reset(ce[1]->ring, ce[1]->ring->size / 2);
-
-		local_irq_disable(); /* appease lockdep */
-		__context_pin_acquire(ce[1]);
 		__execlists_update_reg_state(ce[1], engine);
-		__context_pin_release(ce[1]);
-		local_irq_enable();
 
 		rq[0] = igt_spinner_create_request(&spin, ce[0], MI_ARB_CHECK);
 		if (IS_ERR(rq[0])) {
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_perf.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_perf.c
index d2ac51fe4f04..3130b0c7ed83 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_perf.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_perf.c
@@ -2615,7 +2615,6 @@ void i915_oa_init_reg_state(const struct intel_context *ce,
 	struct i915_perf_stream *stream;
 
 	/* perf.exclusive_stream serialised by gen8_configure_all_contexts() */
-	lockdep_assert_held(&ce->pin_mutex);
 
 	if (engine->class != RENDER_CLASS)
 		return;