diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/panfrost/Makefile b/drivers/gpu/drm/panfrost/Makefile
index b71935862417..ecf0864cb515 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/panfrost/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/panfrost/Makefile
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ panfrost-y := \
 	panfrost_device.o \
 	panfrost_devfreq.o \
 	panfrost_gem.o \
-	panfrost_gem_shrinker.o \
 	panfrost_gpu.o \
 	panfrost_job.o \
 	panfrost_mmu.o \
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/panfrost/panfrost_device.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/panfrost/panfrost_device.h
index 8b25278f34c8..fe04b21fc044 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/panfrost/panfrost_device.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/panfrost/panfrost_device.h
@@ -115,10 +115,6 @@ struct panfrost_device {
 		atomic_t pending;
 	} reset;
 
-	struct mutex shrinker_lock;
-	struct list_head shrinker_list;
-	struct shrinker shrinker;
-
 	struct panfrost_devfreq pfdevfreq;
 };
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/panfrost/panfrost_drv.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/panfrost/panfrost_drv.c
index 94b6f0a19c83..b014dadcf51f 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/panfrost/panfrost_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/panfrost/panfrost_drv.c
@@ -160,7 +160,6 @@ panfrost_lookup_bos(struct drm_device *dev,
 			break;
 		}
 
-		atomic_inc(&bo->gpu_usecount);
 		job->mappings[i] = mapping;
 	}
 
@@ -390,7 +389,6 @@ static int panfrost_ioctl_madvise(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
 {
 	struct panfrost_file_priv *priv = file_priv->driver_priv;
 	struct drm_panfrost_madvise *args = data;
-	struct panfrost_device *pfdev = dev->dev_private;
 	struct drm_gem_object *gem_obj;
 	struct panfrost_gem_object *bo;
 	int ret = 0;
@@ -403,7 +401,6 @@ static int panfrost_ioctl_madvise(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
 
 	bo = to_panfrost_bo(gem_obj);
 
-	mutex_lock(&pfdev->shrinker_lock);
 	mutex_lock(&bo->mappings.lock);
 	if (args->madv == PANFROST_MADV_DONTNEED) {
 		struct panfrost_gem_mapping *first;
@@ -429,17 +426,8 @@ static int panfrost_ioctl_madvise(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
 
 	args->retained = drm_gem_shmem_madvise(&bo->base, args->madv);
 
-	if (args->retained) {
-		if (args->madv == PANFROST_MADV_DONTNEED)
-			list_add_tail(&bo->base.madv_list,
-				      &pfdev->shrinker_list);
-		else if (args->madv == PANFROST_MADV_WILLNEED)
-			list_del_init(&bo->base.madv_list);
-	}
-
 out_unlock_mappings:
 	mutex_unlock(&bo->mappings.lock);
-	mutex_unlock(&pfdev->shrinker_lock);
 
 	drm_gem_object_put(gem_obj);
 	return ret;
@@ -570,9 +558,6 @@ static int panfrost_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	ddev->dev_private = pfdev;
 	pfdev->ddev = ddev;
 
-	mutex_init(&pfdev->shrinker_lock);
-	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&pfdev->shrinker_list);
-
 	err = panfrost_device_init(pfdev);
 	if (err) {
 		if (err != -EPROBE_DEFER)
@@ -594,7 +579,7 @@ static int panfrost_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	if (err < 0)
 		goto err_out1;
 
-	panfrost_gem_shrinker_init(ddev);
+	drm_gem_shmem_shrinker_register(ddev);
 
 	return 0;
 
@@ -612,8 +597,8 @@ static int panfrost_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	struct panfrost_device *pfdev = platform_get_drvdata(pdev);
 	struct drm_device *ddev = pfdev->ddev;
 
+	drm_gem_shmem_shrinker_unregister(ddev);
 	drm_dev_unregister(ddev);
-	panfrost_gem_shrinker_cleanup(ddev);
 
 	pm_runtime_get_sync(pfdev->dev);
 	pm_runtime_disable(pfdev->dev);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/panfrost/panfrost_gem.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/panfrost/panfrost_gem.c
index 293e799e2fe8..d164d05ed84e 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/panfrost/panfrost_gem.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/panfrost/panfrost_gem.c
@@ -19,16 +19,6 @@ static void panfrost_gem_free_object(struct drm_gem_object *obj)
 	struct panfrost_gem_object *bo = to_panfrost_bo(obj);
 	struct panfrost_device *pfdev = obj->dev->dev_private;
 
-	/*
-	 * Make sure the BO is no longer inserted in the shrinker list before
-	 * taking care of the destruction itself. If we don't do that we have a
-	 * race condition between this function and what's done in
-	 * panfrost_gem_shrinker_scan().
-	 */
-	mutex_lock(&pfdev->shrinker_lock);
-	list_del_init(&bo->base.madv_list);
-	mutex_unlock(&pfdev->shrinker_lock);
-
 	/*
 	 * If we still have mappings attached to the BO, there's a problem in
 	 * our refcounting.
@@ -195,6 +185,22 @@ static int panfrost_gem_pin(struct drm_gem_object *obj)
 	return drm_gem_shmem_pin(&bo->base);
 }
 
+static unsigned long panfrost_gem_purge(struct drm_gem_object *obj)
+{
+	struct drm_gem_shmem_object *shmem = to_drm_gem_shmem_obj(obj);
+	struct panfrost_gem_object *bo = to_panfrost_bo(obj);
+
+	if (!mutex_trylock(&bo->mappings.lock))
+		return 0;
+
+	panfrost_gem_teardown_mappings_locked(bo);
+	drm_gem_shmem_purge_locked(&bo->base);
+
+	mutex_unlock(&bo->mappings.lock);
+
+	return shmem->base.size >> PAGE_SHIFT;
+}
+
 static const struct drm_gem_object_funcs panfrost_gem_funcs = {
 	.free = panfrost_gem_free_object,
 	.open = panfrost_gem_open,
@@ -207,6 +213,7 @@ static const struct drm_gem_object_funcs panfrost_gem_funcs = {
 	.vunmap = drm_gem_shmem_object_vunmap,
 	.mmap = drm_gem_shmem_object_mmap,
 	.vm_ops = &drm_gem_shmem_vm_ops,
+	.purge = panfrost_gem_purge,
 };
 
 /**
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/panfrost/panfrost_gem.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/panfrost/panfrost_gem.h
index 8088d5fd8480..09da064f1c07 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/panfrost/panfrost_gem.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/panfrost/panfrost_gem.h
@@ -30,12 +30,6 @@ struct panfrost_gem_object {
 		struct mutex lock;
 	} mappings;
 
-	/*
-	 * Count the number of jobs referencing this BO so we don't let the
-	 * shrinker reclaim this object prematurely.
-	 */
-	atomic_t gpu_usecount;
-
 	bool noexec		:1;
 	bool is_heap		:1;
 };
@@ -84,7 +78,4 @@ panfrost_gem_mapping_get(struct panfrost_gem_object *bo,
 void panfrost_gem_mapping_put(struct panfrost_gem_mapping *mapping);
 void panfrost_gem_teardown_mappings_locked(struct panfrost_gem_object *bo);
 
-void panfrost_gem_shrinker_init(struct drm_device *dev);
-void panfrost_gem_shrinker_cleanup(struct drm_device *dev);
-
 #endif /* __PANFROST_GEM_H__ */
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/panfrost/panfrost_job.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/panfrost/panfrost_job.c
index a6925dbb6224..e767e526e897 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/panfrost/panfrost_job.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/panfrost/panfrost_job.c
@@ -267,6 +267,22 @@ static void panfrost_attach_object_fences(struct drm_gem_object **bos,
 		dma_resv_add_excl_fence(bos[i]->resv, fence);
 }
 
+static bool panfrost_objects_alive(struct drm_gem_object **bos, int bo_count)
+{
+	struct panfrost_gem_object *bo;
+	bool alive = true;
+
+	while (alive && bo_count--) {
+		bo = to_panfrost_bo(bos[bo_count]);
+
+		mutex_lock(&bo->mappings.lock);
+		alive = !bo->base.madv;
+		mutex_unlock(&bo->mappings.lock);
+	}
+
+	return alive;
+}
+
 int panfrost_job_push(struct panfrost_job *job)
 {
 	struct panfrost_device *pfdev = job->pfdev;
@@ -278,6 +294,11 @@ int panfrost_job_push(struct panfrost_job *job)
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
+	if (!panfrost_objects_alive(job->bos, job->bo_count)) {
+		ret = -ENOMEM;
+		goto unlock;
+	}
+
 	mutex_lock(&pfdev->sched_lock);
 	drm_sched_job_arm(&job->base);
 
@@ -319,7 +340,6 @@ static void panfrost_job_cleanup(struct kref *ref)
 			if (!job->mappings[i])
 				break;
 
-			atomic_dec(&job->mappings[i]->obj->gpu_usecount);
 			panfrost_gem_mapping_put(job->mappings[i]);
 		}
 		kvfree(job->mappings);
