diff --git a/kernel/nvidia-uvm/uvm8_tools.c b/kernel/nvidia-uvm/uvm8_tools.c
index 86dbb77..63d0b64 100644
--- a/kernel/nvidia-uvm/uvm8_tools.c
+++ b/kernel/nvidia-uvm/uvm8_tools.c
@@ -190,7 +190,6 @@ static uvm_tools_event_tracker_t *tools_event_tracker(struct file *filp)
 {
     long event_tracker = atomic_long_read((atomic_long_t *)&filp->private_data);
 
-    smp_read_barrier_depends();
     return (uvm_tools_event_tracker_t *)event_tracker;
 }
 
diff --git a/kernel/nvidia-uvm/uvm8_va_range.h b/kernel/nvidia-uvm/uvm8_va_range.h
index 8cae357..6166cc8 100644
--- a/kernel/nvidia-uvm/uvm8_va_range.h
+++ b/kernel/nvidia-uvm/uvm8_va_range.h
@@ -717,7 +717,6 @@ static uvm_va_block_t *uvm_va_range_block(uvm_va_range_t *va_range, size_t index
     // make sure that any initialization of this block by the creating thread is
     // visible to later accesses in this thread, which requires a data
     // dependency barrier.
-    smp_read_barrier_depends();
     return block;
 }