diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_auth.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_auth.c
index 86d4b72e95cb..232abbba3686 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_auth.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_auth.c
@@ -61,35 +61,6 @@
  * trusted clients.
  */
 
-static bool drm_is_current_master_locked(struct drm_file *fpriv)
-{
-	lockdep_assert_held_once(&fpriv->master->dev->master_mutex);
-
-	return fpriv->is_master && drm_lease_owner(fpriv->master) == fpriv->minor->dev->master;
-}
-
-/**
- * drm_is_current_master - checks whether @priv is the current master
- * @fpriv: DRM file private
- *
- * Checks whether @fpriv is current master on its device. This decides whether a
- * client is allowed to run DRM_MASTER IOCTLs.
- *
- * Most of the modern IOCTL which require DRM_MASTER are for kernel modesetting
- * - the current master is assumed to own the non-shareable display hardware.
- */
-bool drm_is_current_master(struct drm_file *fpriv)
-{
-	bool ret;
-
-	mutex_lock(&fpriv->master->dev->master_mutex);
-	ret = drm_is_current_master_locked(fpriv);
-	mutex_unlock(&fpriv->master->dev->master_mutex);
-
-	return ret;
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_is_current_master);
-
 int drm_getmagic(struct drm_device *dev, void *data, struct drm_file *file_priv)
 {
 	struct drm_auth *auth = data;
@@ -252,7 +223,7 @@ int drm_setmaster_ioctl(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
 	if (ret)
 		goto out_unlock;
 
-	if (drm_is_current_master_locked(file_priv))
+	if (drm_is_current_master(file_priv))
 		goto out_unlock;
 
 	if (dev->master) {
@@ -301,7 +272,7 @@ int drm_dropmaster_ioctl(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
 	if (ret)
 		goto out_unlock;
 
-	if (!drm_is_current_master_locked(file_priv)) {
+	if (!drm_is_current_master(file_priv)) {
 		ret = -EINVAL;
 		goto out_unlock;
 	}
@@ -350,7 +321,7 @@ void drm_master_release(struct drm_file *file_priv)
 	if (file_priv->magic)
 		idr_remove(&file_priv->master->magic_map, file_priv->magic);
 
-	if (!drm_is_current_master_locked(file_priv))
+	if (!drm_is_current_master(file_priv))
 		goto out;
 
 	drm_legacy_lock_master_cleanup(dev, master);
@@ -371,6 +342,22 @@ out:
 	mutex_unlock(&dev->master_mutex);
 }
 
+/**
+ * drm_is_current_master - checks whether @priv is the current master
+ * @fpriv: DRM file private
+ *
+ * Checks whether @fpriv is current master on its device. This decides whether a
+ * client is allowed to run DRM_MASTER IOCTLs.
+ *
+ * Most of the modern IOCTL which require DRM_MASTER are for kernel modesetting
+ * - the current master is assumed to own the non-shareable display hardware.
+ */
+bool drm_is_current_master(struct drm_file *fpriv)
+{
+	return fpriv->is_master && drm_lease_owner(fpriv->master) == fpriv->minor->dev->master;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_is_current_master);
+
 /**
  * drm_master_get - reference a master pointer
  * @master: &struct drm_master