I915_WRITE(RING_IMR(GEN6_BSD_RING_BASE), 0);
        I915_WRITE(RING_IMR(BLT_RING_BASE), 0);
 
-       if (IS_GEN6(dev) || IS_GEN7(dev)) {
-               /* Workaround stalls observed on Sandy Bridge GPUs by
-                * making the blitter command streamer generate a
-                * write to the Hardware Status Page for
-                * MI_USER_INTERRUPT.  This appears to serialize the
-                * previous seqno write out before the interrupt
-                * happens.
-                */
-               I915_WRITE(GEN6_BLITTER_HWSTAM, ~GEN6_BLITTER_USER_INTERRUPT);
-               I915_WRITE(GEN6_BSD_HWSTAM, ~GEN6_BSD_USER_INTERRUPT);
-       }
-
        /* and GT */
        I915_WRITE(GTIIR, I915_READ(GTIIR));
        I915_WRITE(GTIIR, I915_READ(GTIIR));