diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/freedreno/freedreno_batch.c b/src/gallium/drivers/freedreno/freedreno_batch.c
index dc1a850dc2b..f8ada703900 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/freedreno/freedreno_batch.c
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/freedreno/freedreno_batch.c
@@ -135,8 +135,6 @@ fd_batch_create(struct fd_context *ctx, bool nondraw)
    batch->ctx = ctx;
    batch->nondraw = nondraw;
 
-   simple_mtx_init(&batch->submit_lock, mtx_plain);
-
    batch->resources =
       _mesa_set_create(NULL, _mesa_hash_pointer, _mesa_key_pointer_equal);
    batch->dependents =
@@ -321,8 +319,6 @@ __fd_batch_destroy(struct fd_batch *batch)
 
    batch_fini(batch);
 
-   simple_mtx_destroy(&batch->submit_lock);
-
    free(batch);
 }
 
diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/freedreno/freedreno_batch.h b/src/gallium/drivers/freedreno/freedreno_batch.h
index c6edab46ef1..c74e5e862f2 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/freedreno/freedreno_batch.h
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/freedreno/freedreno_batch.h
@@ -65,11 +65,6 @@ struct fd_batch {
 
    struct fd_context *ctx;
 
-   /* emit_lock serializes cmdstream emission and flush.  Acquire before
-    * screen->lock.
-    */
-   simple_mtx_t submit_lock;
-
    /* do we need to mem2gmem before rendering.  We don't, if for example,
     * there was a glClear() that invalidated the entire previous buffer
     * contents.  Keep track of which buffer(s) are cleared, or needs
@@ -307,7 +302,6 @@ fd_batch_reference(struct fd_batch **ptr, struct fd_batch *batch)
 static inline void
 fd_batch_unlock_submit(struct fd_batch *batch)
 {
-   simple_mtx_unlock(&batch->submit_lock);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -317,11 +311,7 @@ fd_batch_unlock_submit(struct fd_batch *batch)
 static inline bool MUST_CHECK
 fd_batch_lock_submit(struct fd_batch *batch)
 {
-   simple_mtx_lock(&batch->submit_lock);
-   bool ret = !batch->flushed;
-   if (!ret)
-      fd_batch_unlock_submit(batch);
-   return ret;
+   return !batch->flushed;
 }
 
 /**