+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;
+ }
+