diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_object.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_object.c
index ccec4055fde3e..389e9f157ca5e 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_object.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_object.c
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ static void __i915_gem_object_free_mmaps(struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj)
  */
 void __i915_gem_object_pages_fini(struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj)
 {
-	assert_object_held(obj);
+	assert_object_held_shared(obj);
 
 	if (!list_empty(&obj->vma.list)) {
 		struct i915_vma *vma;
@@ -331,15 +331,7 @@ static void __i915_gem_free_objects(struct drm_i915_private *i915,
 			continue;
 		}
 
-		if (!i915_gem_object_trylock(obj, NULL)) {
-			/* busy, toss it back to the pile */
-			if (llist_add(&obj->freed, &i915->mm.free_list))
-				queue_delayed_work(i915->wq, &i915->mm.free_work, msecs_to_jiffies(10));
-			continue;
-		}
-
 		__i915_gem_object_pages_fini(obj);
-		i915_gem_object_unlock(obj);
 		__i915_gem_free_object(obj);
 
 		/* But keep the pointer alive for RCU-protected lookups */
@@ -359,7 +351,7 @@ void i915_gem_flush_free_objects(struct drm_i915_private *i915)
 static void __i915_gem_free_work(struct work_struct *work)
 {
 	struct drm_i915_private *i915 =
-		container_of(work, struct drm_i915_private, mm.free_work.work);
+		container_of(work, struct drm_i915_private, mm.free_work);
 
 	i915_gem_flush_free_objects(i915);
 }
@@ -391,7 +383,7 @@ static void i915_gem_free_object(struct drm_gem_object *gem_obj)
 	 */
 
 	if (llist_add(&obj->freed, &i915->mm.free_list))
-		queue_delayed_work(i915->wq, &i915->mm.free_work, 0);
+		queue_work(i915->wq, &i915->mm.free_work);
 }
 
 void __i915_gem_object_flush_frontbuffer(struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj,
@@ -745,7 +737,7 @@ bool i915_gem_object_needs_ccs_pages(struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj)
 
 void i915_gem_init__objects(struct drm_i915_private *i915)
 {
-	INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&i915->mm.free_work, __i915_gem_free_work);
+	INIT_WORK(&i915->mm.free_work, __i915_gem_free_work);
 }
 
 void i915_objects_module_exit(void)
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
index 3364a6e5169bd..8feb4b2ace270 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ struct i915_gem_mm {
 	 * List of objects which are pending destruction.
 	 */
 	struct llist_head free_list;
-	struct delayed_work free_work;
+	struct work_struct free_work;
 	/**
 	 * Count of objects pending destructions. Used to skip needlessly
 	 * waiting on an RCU barrier if no objects are waiting to be freed.
@@ -1440,7 +1440,7 @@ static inline void i915_gem_drain_freed_objects(struct drm_i915_private *i915)
 	 * armed the work again.
 	 */
 	while (atomic_read(&i915->mm.free_count)) {
-		flush_delayed_work(&i915->mm.free_work);
+		flush_work(&i915->mm.free_work);
 		flush_delayed_work(&i915->bdev.wq);
 		rcu_barrier();
 	}