diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gem.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gem.c
index 5bd511f07c07..3878b8dc2d59 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gem.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gem.c
@@ -865,23 +865,11 @@ int msm_gem_cpu_fini(struct drm_gem_object *obj)
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_FS
-static void describe_fence(struct dma_fence *fence, const char *type,
-		struct seq_file *m)
-{
-	if (!dma_fence_is_signaled(fence))
-		seq_printf(m, "\t%9s: %s %s seq %llu\n", type,
-				fence->ops->get_driver_name(fence),
-				fence->ops->get_timeline_name(fence),
-				fence->seqno);
-}
-
 void msm_gem_describe(struct drm_gem_object *obj, struct seq_file *m,
 		struct msm_gem_stats *stats)
 {
 	struct msm_gem_object *msm_obj = to_msm_bo(obj);
 	struct dma_resv *robj = obj->resv;
-	struct dma_resv_iter cursor;
-	struct dma_fence *fence;
 	struct msm_gem_vma *vma;
 	uint64_t off = drm_vma_node_start(&obj->vma_node);
 	const char *madv;
@@ -955,13 +943,7 @@ void msm_gem_describe(struct drm_gem_object *obj, struct seq_file *m,
 		seq_puts(m, "\n");
 	}
 
-	dma_resv_for_each_fence(&cursor, robj, true, fence) {
-		if (dma_resv_iter_is_exclusive(&cursor))
-			describe_fence(fence, "Exclusive", m);
-		else
-			describe_fence(fence, "Shared", m);
-	}
-
+	dma_resv_describe(robj, m);
 	msm_gem_unlock(obj);
 }