diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/scheduler/sched_entity.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/scheduler/sched_entity.c
index 57f9baad9e36..d9b20bb7c7f5 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/scheduler/sched_entity.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/scheduler/sched_entity.c
@@ -327,19 +327,6 @@ void drm_sched_entity_destroy(struct drm_sched_entity *entity)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_sched_entity_destroy);
 
-/**
- * drm_sched_entity_clear_dep - callback to clear the entities dependency
- */
-static void drm_sched_entity_clear_dep(struct dma_fence *f,
-				       struct dma_fence_cb *cb)
-{
-	struct drm_sched_entity *entity =
-		container_of(cb, struct drm_sched_entity, cb);
-
-	entity->dependency = NULL;
-	dma_fence_put(f);
-}
-
 /**
  * drm_sched_entity_clear_dep - callback to clear the entities dependency and
  * wake up scheduler
@@ -350,7 +337,8 @@ static void drm_sched_entity_wakeup(struct dma_fence *f,
 	struct drm_sched_entity *entity =
 		container_of(cb, struct drm_sched_entity, cb);
 
-	drm_sched_entity_clear_dep(f, cb);
+	entity->dependency = NULL;
+	dma_fence_put(f);
 	drm_sched_wakeup(entity->rq->sched);
 }
 
@@ -426,13 +414,6 @@ static bool drm_sched_entity_add_dependency_cb(struct drm_sched_entity *entity)
 		fence = dma_fence_get(&s_fence->scheduled);
 		dma_fence_put(entity->dependency);
 		entity->dependency = fence;
-		if (!dma_fence_add_callback(fence, &entity->cb,
-					    drm_sched_entity_clear_dep))
-			return true;
-
-		/* Ignore it when it is already scheduled */
-		dma_fence_put(fence);
-		return false;
 	}
 
 	if (!dma_fence_add_callback(entity->dependency, &entity->cb,