diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_sync.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_sync.c
index f2e5e3c8c0cd..533246f42256 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_sync.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_sync.c
@@ -204,14 +204,6 @@ int xe_sync_entry_parse(struct xe_device *xe, struct xe_file *xef,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-int xe_sync_entry_wait(struct xe_sync_entry *sync)
-{
-	if (sync->fence)
-		dma_fence_wait(sync->fence, true);
-
-	return 0;
-}
-
 int xe_sync_entry_add_deps(struct xe_sync_entry *sync, struct xe_sched_job *job)
 {
 	int err;
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_sync.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_sync.h
index 006dbf780793..256ffc1e54dc 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_sync.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_sync.h
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ int xe_sync_entry_parse(struct xe_device *xe, struct xe_file *xef,
 			struct xe_sync_entry *sync,
 			struct drm_xe_sync __user *sync_user,
 			unsigned int flags);
-int xe_sync_entry_wait(struct xe_sync_entry *sync);
 int xe_sync_entry_add_deps(struct xe_sync_entry *sync,
 			   struct xe_sched_job *job);
 void xe_sync_entry_signal(struct xe_sync_entry *sync,