diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_cmd_parser.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_cmd_parser.c
index c9d2ecd447c5..f5762cde288b 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_cmd_parser.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_cmd_parser.c
@@ -450,7 +450,6 @@ static const struct drm_i915_reg_descriptor gen7_render_regs[] = {
 	REG64(PS_INVOCATION_COUNT),
 	REG64(PS_DEPTH_COUNT),
 	REG64_IDX(RING_TIMESTAMP, RENDER_RING_BASE),
-	REG32(GEN7_OACONTROL), /* Only allowed for LRI and SRM. See below. */
 	REG64(MI_PREDICATE_SRC0),
 	REG64(MI_PREDICATE_SRC1),
 	REG32(GEN7_3DPRIM_END_OFFSET),
@@ -1060,8 +1059,7 @@ bool intel_engine_needs_cmd_parser(struct intel_engine_cs *engine)
 static bool check_cmd(const struct intel_engine_cs *engine,
 		      const struct drm_i915_cmd_descriptor *desc,
 		      const u32 *cmd, u32 length,
-		      const bool is_master,
-		      bool *oacontrol_set)
+		      const bool is_master)
 {
 	if (desc->flags & CMD_DESC_SKIP)
 		return true;
@@ -1098,31 +1096,6 @@ static bool check_cmd(const struct intel_engine_cs *engine,
 				return false;
 			}
 
-			/*
-			 * OACONTROL requires some special handling for
-			 * writes. We want to make sure that any batch which
-			 * enables OA also disables it before the end of the
-			 * batch. The goal is to prevent one process from
-			 * snooping on the perf data from another process. To do
-			 * that, we need to check the value that will be written
-			 * to the register. Hence, limit OACONTROL writes to
-			 * only MI_LOAD_REGISTER_IMM commands.
-			 */
-			if (reg_addr == i915_mmio_reg_offset(GEN7_OACONTROL)) {
-				if (desc->cmd.value == MI_LOAD_REGISTER_MEM) {
-					DRM_DEBUG_DRIVER("CMD: Rejected LRM to OACONTROL\n");
-					return false;
-				}
-
-				if (desc->cmd.value == MI_LOAD_REGISTER_REG) {
-					DRM_DEBUG_DRIVER("CMD: Rejected LRR to OACONTROL\n");
-					return false;
-				}
-
-				if (desc->cmd.value == MI_LOAD_REGISTER_IMM(1))
-					*oacontrol_set = (cmd[offset + 1] != 0);
-			}
-
 			/*
 			 * Check the value written to the register against the
 			 * allowed mask/value pair given in the whitelist entry.
@@ -1214,7 +1187,6 @@ int intel_engine_cmd_parser(struct intel_engine_cs *engine,
 	u32 *cmd, *batch_end;
 	struct drm_i915_cmd_descriptor default_desc = noop_desc;
 	const struct drm_i915_cmd_descriptor *desc = &default_desc;
-	bool oacontrol_set = false; /* OACONTROL tracking. See check_cmd() */
 	bool needs_clflush_after = false;
 	int ret = 0;
 
@@ -1270,8 +1242,7 @@ int intel_engine_cmd_parser(struct intel_engine_cs *engine,
 			break;
 		}
 
-		if (!check_cmd(engine, desc, cmd, length, is_master,
-			       &oacontrol_set)) {
+		if (!check_cmd(engine, desc, cmd, length, is_master)) {
 			ret = -EACCES;
 			break;
 		}
@@ -1279,11 +1250,6 @@ int intel_engine_cmd_parser(struct intel_engine_cs *engine,
 		cmd += length;
 	}
 
-	if (oacontrol_set) {
-		DRM_DEBUG_DRIVER("CMD: batch set OACONTROL but did not clear it\n");
-		ret = -EINVAL;
-	}
-
 	if (cmd >= batch_end) {
 		DRM_DEBUG_DRIVER("CMD: Got to the end of the buffer w/o a BBE cmd!\n");
 		ret = -EINVAL;
@@ -1336,6 +1302,8 @@ int i915_cmd_parser_get_version(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv)
 	 * 8. Don't report cmd_check() failures as EINVAL errors to userspace;
 	 *    rely on the HW to NOOP disallowed commands as it would without
 	 *    the parser enabled.
+	 * 9. Don't whitelist or handle oacontrol specially, as ownership
+	 *    for oacontrol state is moving to i915-perf.
 	 */
-	return 8;
+	return 9;
 }