diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_sched.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_sched.c
index 2aff02ba69490..aee362abb7101 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_sched.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_sched.c
@@ -3443,13 +3443,8 @@ void panthor_job_update_resvs(struct drm_exec *exec, struct drm_sched_job *sched
 {
 	struct panthor_job *job = container_of(sched_job, struct panthor_job, base);
 
-	/* Still not sure why we want USAGE_WRITE for external objects, since I
-	 * was assuming this would be handled through explicit syncs being imported
-	 * to external BOs with DMA_BUF_IOCTL_IMPORT_SYNC_FILE, but other drivers
-	 * seem to pass DMA_RESV_USAGE_WRITE, so there must be a good reason.
-	 */
 	panthor_vm_update_resvs(job->group->vm, exec, &sched_job->s_fence->finished,
-				DMA_RESV_USAGE_BOOKKEEP, DMA_RESV_USAGE_WRITE);
+				DMA_RESV_USAGE_BOOKKEEP, DMA_RESV_USAGE_BOOKKEEP);
 }
 
 void panthor_sched_unplug(struct panthor_device *ptdev)