diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic.c
index 9b892af7811a..345310213820 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic.c
@@ -1516,19 +1516,9 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_atomic_add_affected_planes);
 void drm_atomic_legacy_backoff(struct drm_atomic_state *state)
 {
 	struct drm_device *dev = state->dev;
-	unsigned crtc_mask = 0;
-	struct drm_crtc *crtc;
 	int ret;
 	bool global = false;
 
-	drm_for_each_crtc(crtc, dev) {
-		if (crtc->acquire_ctx != state->acquire_ctx)
-			continue;
-
-		crtc_mask |= drm_crtc_mask(crtc);
-		crtc->acquire_ctx = NULL;
-	}
-
 	if (WARN_ON(dev->mode_config.acquire_ctx == state->acquire_ctx)) {
 		global = true;
 
@@ -1542,10 +1532,6 @@ retry:
 	if (ret)
 		goto retry;
 
-	drm_for_each_crtc(crtc, dev)
-		if (drm_crtc_mask(crtc) & crtc_mask)
-			crtc->acquire_ctx = state->acquire_ctx;
-
 	if (global)
 		dev->mode_config.acquire_ctx = state->acquire_ctx;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic_helper.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic_helper.c
index c3994b4d5f32..3160d0881348 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic_helper.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic_helper.c
@@ -2975,7 +2975,7 @@ int drm_atomic_helper_connector_dpms(struct drm_connector *connector,
 	if (!state)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	state->acquire_ctx = drm_modeset_legacy_acquire_ctx(crtc);
+	state->acquire_ctx = crtc->dev->mode_config.acquire_ctx;
 retry:
 	crtc_state = drm_atomic_get_crtc_state(state, crtc);
 	if (IS_ERR(crtc_state)) {
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_modeset_lock.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_modeset_lock.c
index c3ca6b859236..64ef09a6cccb 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_modeset_lock.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_modeset_lock.c
@@ -148,27 +148,6 @@ void drm_modeset_unlock_all(struct drm_device *dev)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_modeset_unlock_all);
 
-/**
- * drm_modeset_legacy_acquire_ctx - find acquire ctx for legacy ioctls
- * @crtc: drm crtc
- *
- * Legacy ioctl operations like cursor updates or page flips only have per-crtc
- * locking, and store the acquire ctx in the corresponding crtc. All other
- * legacy operations take all locks and use a global acquire context. This
- * function grabs the right one.
- */
-struct drm_modeset_acquire_ctx *
-drm_modeset_legacy_acquire_ctx(struct drm_crtc *crtc)
-{
-	if (crtc->acquire_ctx)
-		return crtc->acquire_ctx;
-
-	WARN_ON(!crtc->dev->mode_config.acquire_ctx);
-
-	return crtc->dev->mode_config.acquire_ctx;
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_modeset_legacy_acquire_ctx);
-
 /**
  * drm_warn_on_modeset_not_all_locked - check that all modeset locks are locked
  * @dev: device
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c
index e27ea89efd67..84abff3f43d9 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c
@@ -10715,7 +10715,7 @@ out_hang:
 		state = drm_atomic_state_alloc(dev);
 		if (!state)
 			return -ENOMEM;
-		state->acquire_ctx = drm_modeset_legacy_acquire_ctx(crtc);
+		state->acquire_ctx = dev->mode_config.acquire_ctx;
 
 retry:
 		plane_state = drm_atomic_get_plane_state(state, primary);
@@ -13075,7 +13075,7 @@ void intel_crtc_restore_mode(struct drm_crtc *crtc)
 		return;
 	}
 
-	state->acquire_ctx = drm_modeset_legacy_acquire_ctx(crtc);
+	state->acquire_ctx = crtc->dev->mode_config.acquire_ctx;
 
 retry:
 	crtc_state = drm_atomic_get_crtc_state(state, crtc);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_pipe_crc.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_pipe_crc.c
index 9fd9c70baeed..206ee4f0150e 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_pipe_crc.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_pipe_crc.c
@@ -522,7 +522,7 @@ static void hsw_trans_edp_pipe_A_crc_wa(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv,
 		goto unlock;
 	}
 
-	state->acquire_ctx = drm_modeset_legacy_acquire_ctx(&crtc->base);
+	state->acquire_ctx = crtc->base.dev->mode_config.acquire_ctx;
 	pipe_config = intel_atomic_get_crtc_state(state, crtc);
 	if (IS_ERR(pipe_config)) {
 		ret = PTR_ERR(pipe_config);
diff --git a/include/drm/drm_crtc.h b/include/drm/drm_crtc.h
index 2be2192b1373..ede60d67976f 100644
--- a/include/drm/drm_crtc.h
+++ b/include/drm/drm_crtc.h
@@ -782,15 +782,6 @@ struct drm_crtc {
 	 */
 	spinlock_t commit_lock;
 
-	/**
-	 * @acquire_ctx:
-	 *
-	 * Per-CRTC implicit acquire context used by atomic drivers for legacy
-	 * IOCTLs, so that atomic drivers can get at the locking acquire
-	 * context.
-	 */
-	struct drm_modeset_acquire_ctx *acquire_ctx;
-
 #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_FS
 	/**
 	 * @debugfs_entry:
diff --git a/include/drm/drm_modeset_lock.h b/include/drm/drm_modeset_lock.h
index 2bb065bf0593..4b27c2bb955c 100644
--- a/include/drm/drm_modeset_lock.h
+++ b/include/drm/drm_modeset_lock.h
@@ -122,8 +122,6 @@ struct drm_plane;
 void drm_modeset_lock_all(struct drm_device *dev);
 void drm_modeset_unlock_all(struct drm_device *dev);
 void drm_warn_on_modeset_not_all_locked(struct drm_device *dev);
-struct drm_modeset_acquire_ctx *
-drm_modeset_legacy_acquire_ctx(struct drm_crtc *crtc);
 
 int drm_modeset_lock_all_ctx(struct drm_device *dev,
 			     struct drm_modeset_acquire_ctx *ctx);