@@ -342,10 +342,8 @@ struct sdma_channel {
 	unsigned long			event_mask[2];
 	unsigned long			watermark_level;
 	u32				shp_addr, per_addr;
-	spinlock_t			lock;
 	enum dma_status			status;
 	struct imx_dma_data		data;
-	bool				enabled;
 };
 
 #define IMX_DMA_SG_LOOP		BIT(0)

@@ -606,14 +604,7 @@ static int sdma_config_ownership(struct sdma_channel *sdmac,
 
 static void sdma_enable_channel(struct sdma_engine *sdma, int channel)
 {
-	unsigned long flags;
-	struct sdma_channel *sdmac = &sdma->channel[channel];
-
 	writel(BIT(channel), sdma->regs + SDMA_H_START);
-
-	spin_lock_irqsave(&sdmac->lock, flags);
-	sdmac->enabled = true;
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&sdmac->lock, flags);
 }
 
 /*

@@ -731,14 +722,6 @@ static void sdma_update_channel_loop(struct sdma_channel *sdmac)
 	struct sdma_buffer_descriptor *bd;
 	int error = 0;
 	enum dma_status	old_status = sdmac->status;
-	unsigned long flags;
-
-	spin_lock_irqsave(&sdmac->lock, flags);
-	if (!sdmac->enabled) {
-		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&sdmac->lock, flags);
-		return;
-	}
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&sdmac->lock, flags);
 
 	/*
 	 * loop mode. Iterate over descriptors, re-setup them and

@@ -1000,15 +983,10 @@ static int sdma_disable_channel(struct dma_chan *chan)
 	struct sdma_channel *sdmac = to_sdma_chan(chan);
 	struct sdma_engine *sdma = sdmac->sdma;
 	int channel = sdmac->channel;
-	unsigned long flags;
 
 	writel_relaxed(BIT(channel), sdma->regs + SDMA_H_STATSTOP);
 	sdmac->status = DMA_ERROR;
 
-	spin_lock_irqsave(&sdmac->lock, flags);
-	sdmac->enabled = false;
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&sdmac->lock, flags);
-
 	return 0;
 }
 

@@ -1922,7 +1900,6 @@ static int sdma_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		struct sdma_channel *sdmac = &sdma->channel[i];
 
 		sdmac->sdma = sdma;
-		spin_lock_init(&sdmac->lock);
 
 		sdmac->channel = i;
 		sdmac->vc.desc_free = sdma_desc_free;