diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/si.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/si.c
index 2523ca9..ae5ee74 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/si.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/si.c
@@ -1547,7 +1547,7 @@
 {
 	const __be32 *fw_data = NULL;
 	const __le32 *new_fw_data = NULL;
-	u32 running, blackout = 0;
+	u32 running;
 	u32 *io_mc_regs = NULL;
 	const __le32 *new_io_mc_regs = NULL;
 	int i, regs_size, ucode_size;
@@ -1598,11 +1598,6 @@
 	running = RREG32(MC_SEQ_SUP_CNTL) & RUN_MASK;
 
 	if (running == 0) {
-		if (running) {
-			blackout = RREG32(MC_SHARED_BLACKOUT_CNTL);
-			WREG32(MC_SHARED_BLACKOUT_CNTL, blackout | 1);
-		}
-
 		/* reset the engine and set to writable */
 		WREG32(MC_SEQ_SUP_CNTL, 0x00000008);
 		WREG32(MC_SEQ_SUP_CNTL, 0x00000010);
@@ -1641,9 +1636,6 @@
 				break;
 			udelay(1);
 		}
-
-		if (running)
-			WREG32(MC_SHARED_BLACKOUT_CNTL, blackout);
 	}
 
 	return 0;