diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_active.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_active.c
index 3103c1e1fd14..ee2b3a375362 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_active.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_active.c
@@ -426,8 +426,9 @@ replace_barrier(struct i915_active *ref, struct i915_active_fence *active)
 	return true;
 }
 
-int i915_active_ref(struct i915_active *ref, u64 idx, struct dma_fence *fence)
+int i915_active_add_request(struct i915_active *ref, struct i915_request *rq)
 {
+	struct dma_fence *fence = &rq->fence;
 	struct i915_active_fence *active;
 	int err;
 
@@ -436,7 +437,7 @@ int i915_active_ref(struct i915_active *ref, u64 idx, struct dma_fence *fence)
 	if (err)
 		return err;
 
-	active = active_instance(ref, idx);
+	active = active_instance(ref, i915_request_timeline(rq)->fence_context);
 	if (!active) {
 		err = -ENOMEM;
 		goto out;
@@ -477,29 +478,6 @@ __i915_active_set_fence(struct i915_active *ref,
 	return prev;
 }
 
-static struct i915_active_fence *
-__active_fence(struct i915_active *ref, u64 idx)
-{
-	struct active_node *it;
-
-	it = __active_lookup(ref, idx);
-	if (unlikely(!it)) { /* Contention with parallel tree builders! */
-		spin_lock_irq(&ref->tree_lock);
-		it = __active_lookup(ref, idx);
-		spin_unlock_irq(&ref->tree_lock);
-	}
-	GEM_BUG_ON(!it); /* slot must be preallocated */
-
-	return &it->base;
-}
-
-struct dma_fence *
-__i915_active_ref(struct i915_active *ref, u64 idx, struct dma_fence *fence)
-{
-	/* Only valid while active, see i915_active_acquire_for_context() */
-	return __i915_active_set_fence(ref, __active_fence(ref, idx), fence);
-}
-
 struct dma_fence *
 i915_active_set_exclusive(struct i915_active *ref, struct dma_fence *f)
 {
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_active.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_active.h
index 5fcdb0e2bc9e..7eb44132183a 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_active.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_active.h
@@ -164,26 +164,11 @@ void __i915_active_init(struct i915_active *ref,
 	__i915_active_init(ref, active, retire, flags, &__mkey, &__wkey);	\
 } while (0)
 
-struct dma_fence *
-__i915_active_ref(struct i915_active *ref, u64 idx, struct dma_fence *fence);
-int i915_active_ref(struct i915_active *ref, u64 idx, struct dma_fence *fence);
-
-static inline int
-i915_active_add_request(struct i915_active *ref, struct i915_request *rq)
-{
-	return i915_active_ref(ref,
-			       i915_request_timeline(rq)->fence_context,
-			       &rq->fence);
-}
+int i915_active_add_request(struct i915_active *ref, struct i915_request *rq);
 
 struct dma_fence *
 i915_active_set_exclusive(struct i915_active *ref, struct dma_fence *f);
 
-static inline bool i915_active_has_exclusive(struct i915_active *ref)
-{
-	return rcu_access_pointer(ref->excl.fence);
-}
-
 int __i915_active_wait(struct i915_active *ref, int state);
 static inline int i915_active_wait(struct i915_active *ref)
 {
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_vma.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_vma.c
index 927f0d4f8e11..921d5b946c32 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_vma.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_vma.c
@@ -356,22 +356,18 @@ int i915_vma_wait_for_bind(struct i915_vma *vma)
 #if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_DRM_I915_DEBUG_GEM)
 static int i915_vma_verify_bind_complete(struct i915_vma *vma)
 {
-	int err = 0;
-
-	if (i915_active_has_exclusive(&vma->active)) {
-		struct dma_fence *fence =
-			i915_active_fence_get(&vma->active.excl);
+	struct dma_fence *fence = i915_active_fence_get(&vma->active.excl);
+	int err;
 
-		if (!fence)
-			return 0;
+	if (!fence)
+		return 0;
 
-		if (dma_fence_is_signaled(fence))
-			err = fence->error;
-		else
-			err = -EBUSY;
+	if (dma_fence_is_signaled(fence))
+		err = fence->error;
+	else
+		err = -EBUSY;
 
-		dma_fence_put(fence);
-	}
+	dma_fence_put(fence);
 
 	return err;
 }
@@ -1249,7 +1245,7 @@ __i915_request_await_bind(struct i915_request *rq, struct i915_vma *vma)
 	return __i915_request_await_exclusive(rq, &vma->active);
 }
 
-int __i915_vma_move_to_active(struct i915_vma *vma, struct i915_request *rq)
+static int __i915_vma_move_to_active(struct i915_vma *vma, struct i915_request *rq)
 {
 	int err;
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_vma.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_vma.h
index 4033aa08d5e4..9a931ecb09e5 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_vma.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_vma.h
@@ -55,8 +55,6 @@ static inline bool i915_vma_is_active(const struct i915_vma *vma)
 /* do not reserve memory to prevent deadlocks */
 #define __EXEC_OBJECT_NO_RESERVE BIT(31)
 
-int __must_check __i915_vma_move_to_active(struct i915_vma *vma,
-					   struct i915_request *rq);
 int __must_check _i915_vma_move_to_active(struct i915_vma *vma,
 					  struct i915_request *rq,
 					  struct dma_fence *fence,
