diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/ttm/ttm_bo.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/ttm/ttm_bo.c
index 4066e788cff887f6de30957f5d3ab999956c1b1f..4cb3f493da76e33430e9f50c0171c93fe8adfefc 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/ttm/ttm_bo.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/ttm/ttm_bo.c
@@ -501,7 +501,6 @@ static void ttm_bo_cleanup_refs_or_queue(struct ttm_buffer_object *bo)
 	struct ttm_bo_global *glob = bo->glob;
 	struct ttm_bo_driver *driver;
 	void *sync_obj = NULL;
-	void *sync_obj_arg;
 	int put_count;
 	int ret;
 
@@ -537,7 +536,6 @@ static void ttm_bo_cleanup_refs_or_queue(struct ttm_buffer_object *bo)
 	driver = bdev->driver;
 	if (bo->sync_obj)
 		sync_obj = driver->sync_obj_ref(bo->sync_obj);
-	sync_obj_arg = bo->sync_obj_arg;
 
 	kref_get(&bo->list_kref);
 	list_add_tail(&bo->ddestroy, &bdev->ddestroy);
@@ -545,7 +543,7 @@ static void ttm_bo_cleanup_refs_or_queue(struct ttm_buffer_object *bo)
 	spin_unlock(&bdev->fence_lock);
 
 	if (sync_obj) {
-		driver->sync_obj_flush(sync_obj, sync_obj_arg);
+		driver->sync_obj_flush(sync_obj, NULL);
 		driver->sync_obj_unref(&sync_obj);
 	}
 	schedule_delayed_work(&bdev->wq,
@@ -1716,7 +1714,6 @@ int ttm_bo_wait(struct ttm_buffer_object *bo,
 	struct ttm_bo_driver *driver = bo->bdev->driver;
 	struct ttm_bo_device *bdev = bo->bdev;
 	void *sync_obj;
-	void *sync_obj_arg;
 	int ret = 0;
 
 	if (likely(bo->sync_obj == NULL))
@@ -1724,7 +1721,7 @@ int ttm_bo_wait(struct ttm_buffer_object *bo,
 
 	while (bo->sync_obj) {
 
-		if (driver->sync_obj_signaled(bo->sync_obj, bo->sync_obj_arg)) {
+		if (driver->sync_obj_signaled(bo->sync_obj, NULL)) {
 			void *tmp_obj = bo->sync_obj;
 			bo->sync_obj = NULL;
 			clear_bit(TTM_BO_PRIV_FLAG_MOVING, &bo->priv_flags);
@@ -1738,9 +1735,8 @@ int ttm_bo_wait(struct ttm_buffer_object *bo,
 			return -EBUSY;
 
 		sync_obj = driver->sync_obj_ref(bo->sync_obj);
-		sync_obj_arg = bo->sync_obj_arg;
 		spin_unlock(&bdev->fence_lock);
-		ret = driver->sync_obj_wait(sync_obj, sync_obj_arg,
+		ret = driver->sync_obj_wait(sync_obj, NULL,
 					    lazy, interruptible);
 		if (unlikely(ret != 0)) {
 			driver->sync_obj_unref(&sync_obj);
@@ -1748,8 +1744,7 @@ int ttm_bo_wait(struct ttm_buffer_object *bo,
 			return ret;
 		}
 		spin_lock(&bdev->fence_lock);
-		if (likely(bo->sync_obj == sync_obj &&
-			   bo->sync_obj_arg == sync_obj_arg)) {
+		if (likely(bo->sync_obj == sync_obj)) {
 			void *tmp_obj = bo->sync_obj;
 			bo->sync_obj = NULL;
 			clear_bit(TTM_BO_PRIV_FLAG_MOVING,
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/ttm/ttm_bo_util.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/ttm/ttm_bo_util.c
index 2026060f03e0ef08969949fec0961c7d564db7cb..81c74f53ce4f3ebf6636de7baa21d3b57eb34f50 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/ttm/ttm_bo_util.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/ttm/ttm_bo_util.c
@@ -630,7 +630,6 @@ int ttm_bo_move_accel_cleanup(struct ttm_buffer_object *bo,
 		bo->sync_obj = NULL;
 	}
 	bo->sync_obj = driver->sync_obj_ref(sync_obj);
-	bo->sync_obj_arg = sync_obj_arg;
 	if (evict) {
 		ret = ttm_bo_wait(bo, false, false, false);
 		spin_unlock(&bdev->fence_lock);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/ttm/ttm_execbuf_util.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/ttm/ttm_execbuf_util.c
index 1937069432c56c58ca33260d3cba0eb4012ad361..b227a9961a07b97d3bbcfd094d6db280d212baa5 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/ttm/ttm_execbuf_util.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/ttm/ttm_execbuf_util.c
@@ -223,7 +223,6 @@ void ttm_eu_fence_buffer_objects(struct list_head *list, void *sync_obj)
 		bo = entry->bo;
 		entry->old_sync_obj = bo->sync_obj;
 		bo->sync_obj = driver->sync_obj_ref(sync_obj);
-		bo->sync_obj_arg = entry->new_sync_obj_arg;
 		ttm_bo_unreserve_locked(bo);
 		entry->reserved = false;
 	}
diff --git a/include/drm/ttm/ttm_bo_api.h b/include/drm/ttm/ttm_bo_api.h
index a554c2e22d56a701f0b823570044e6544b62bdc4..5ff938df5fce762406d770013235e641c974965f 100644
--- a/include/drm/ttm/ttm_bo_api.h
+++ b/include/drm/ttm/ttm_bo_api.h
@@ -170,7 +170,6 @@ struct ttm_tt;
  * @seq_valid: The value of @val_seq is valid. This value is protected by
  * the bo_device::lru_lock.
  * @reserved: Deadlock-free lock used for synchronization state transitions.
- * @sync_obj_arg: Opaque argument to synchronization object function.
  * @sync_obj: Pointer to a synchronization object.
  * @priv_flags: Flags describing buffer object internal state.
  * @vm_rb: Rb node for the vm rb tree.
@@ -252,7 +251,6 @@ struct ttm_buffer_object {
 	 * checking NULL while reserved but not holding the mentioned lock.
 	 */
 
-	void *sync_obj_arg;
 	void *sync_obj;
 	unsigned long priv_flags;
 
diff --git a/include/drm/ttm/ttm_execbuf_util.h b/include/drm/ttm/ttm_execbuf_util.h
index 1926cae373ba0bc1741ff746d9dbd0505f8a2e53..547e19f06e576df0ad246c735f10e47a32f7655a 100644
--- a/include/drm/ttm/ttm_execbuf_util.h
+++ b/include/drm/ttm/ttm_execbuf_util.h
@@ -39,8 +39,6 @@
  *
  * @head:           list head for thread-private list.
  * @bo:             refcounted buffer object pointer.
- * @new_sync_obj_arg: New sync_obj_arg for @bo, to be used once
- * adding a new sync object.
  * @reserved:       Indicates whether @bo has been reserved for validation.
  * @removed:        Indicates whether @bo has been removed from lru lists.
  * @put_count:      Number of outstanding references on bo::list_kref.
@@ -50,7 +48,6 @@
 struct ttm_validate_buffer {
 	struct list_head head;
 	struct ttm_buffer_object *bo;
-	void *new_sync_obj_arg;
 	bool reserved;
 	bool removed;
 	int put_count;