diff --git a/src/freedreno/drm/freedreno_bo.c b/src/freedreno/drm/freedreno_bo.c
index 7449160f1371ea8f890124290af518b60875ded4..6d51023acac735755bcf9357bf5564f62199d0fe 100644
--- a/src/freedreno/drm/freedreno_bo.c
+++ b/src/freedreno/drm/freedreno_bo.c
@@ -125,8 +125,9 @@ _fd_bo_set_name(struct fd_bo *bo, const char *fmt, va_list ap)
  * to re-use cmdstream bo's for cmdstream and not unrelated purposes.
  */
 struct fd_bo *
-fd_bo_new_ring(struct fd_device *dev, uint32_t size, uint32_t flags)
+fd_bo_new_ring(struct fd_device *dev, uint32_t size)
 {
+	uint32_t flags = DRM_FREEDRENO_GEM_GPUREADONLY;
 	struct fd_bo *bo = bo_new(dev, size, flags, &dev->ring_cache);
 	if (bo)
 		bo->bo_reuse = RING_CACHE;
diff --git a/src/freedreno/drm/freedreno_priv.h b/src/freedreno/drm/freedreno_priv.h
index 349a2296472c7fed4b829453aa50f82746d59bf0..36cb8fb6044d617e74ca1ba4f93c8483971172d2 100644
--- a/src/freedreno/drm/freedreno_priv.h
+++ b/src/freedreno/drm/freedreno_priv.h
@@ -178,8 +178,7 @@ struct fd_bo {
 	time_t free_time;        /* time when added to bucket-list */
 };
 
-struct fd_bo *fd_bo_new_ring(struct fd_device *dev,
-		uint32_t size, uint32_t flags);
+struct fd_bo *fd_bo_new_ring(struct fd_device *dev, uint32_t size);
 
 #define enable_debug 0  /* TODO make dynamic */
 
diff --git a/src/freedreno/drm/msm_ringbuffer.c b/src/freedreno/drm/msm_ringbuffer.c
index 3ce36ad142acc8c9dfa14e8c5fca6fc9f4d49b04..5e033b3d6ac16646edba792d79e24015293878ea 100644
--- a/src/freedreno/drm/msm_ringbuffer.c
+++ b/src/freedreno/drm/msm_ringbuffer.c
@@ -218,8 +218,7 @@ msm_submit_suballoc_ring_bo(struct fd_submit *submit,
 
 	if (!suballoc_bo) {
 		// TODO possibly larger size for streaming bo?
-		msm_ring->ring_bo = fd_bo_new_ring(
-				submit->pipe->dev, 0x8000, 0);
+		msm_ring->ring_bo = fd_bo_new_ring(submit->pipe->dev, 0x8000);
 		msm_ring->offset = 0;
 	} else {
 		msm_ring->ring_bo = fd_bo_ref(suballoc_bo);
@@ -257,7 +256,7 @@ msm_submit_new_ringbuffer(struct fd_submit *submit, uint32_t size,
 			size = INIT_SIZE;
 
 		msm_ring->offset = 0;
-		msm_ring->ring_bo = fd_bo_new_ring(submit->pipe->dev, size, 0);
+		msm_ring->ring_bo = fd_bo_new_ring(submit->pipe->dev, size);
 	}
 
 	if (!msm_ringbuffer_init(msm_ring, size, flags))
@@ -503,7 +502,7 @@ msm_ringbuffer_grow(struct fd_ringbuffer *ring, uint32_t size)
 	finalize_current_cmd(ring);
 
 	fd_bo_del(msm_ring->ring_bo);
-	msm_ring->ring_bo = fd_bo_new_ring(pipe->dev, size, 0);
+	msm_ring->ring_bo = fd_bo_new_ring(pipe->dev, size);
 	msm_ring->cmd = cmd_new(msm_ring->ring_bo);
 
 	ring->start = fd_bo_map(msm_ring->ring_bo);
@@ -711,7 +710,7 @@ msm_ringbuffer_new_object(struct fd_pipe *pipe, uint32_t size)
 
 	msm_ring->u.pipe = pipe;
 	msm_ring->offset = 0;
-	msm_ring->ring_bo = fd_bo_new_ring(pipe->dev, size, 0);
+	msm_ring->ring_bo = fd_bo_new_ring(pipe->dev, size);
 	msm_ring->base.refcnt = 1;
 
 	msm_ring->u.reloc_bos = NULL;
diff --git a/src/freedreno/drm/msm_ringbuffer_sp.c b/src/freedreno/drm/msm_ringbuffer_sp.c
index 41732858580d1a6d7446991ce980f94429d4e27c..d8915707c7959f174a78bb867cbc28810256baaa 100644
--- a/src/freedreno/drm/msm_ringbuffer_sp.c
+++ b/src/freedreno/drm/msm_ringbuffer_sp.c
@@ -187,8 +187,7 @@ msm_submit_suballoc_ring_bo(struct fd_submit *submit,
 
 	if (!suballoc_bo) {
 		// TODO possibly larger size for streaming bo?
-		msm_ring->ring_bo = fd_bo_new_ring(submit->pipe->dev,
-				0x8000, DRM_FREEDRENO_GEM_GPUREADONLY);
+		msm_ring->ring_bo = fd_bo_new_ring(submit->pipe->dev, 0x8000);
 		msm_ring->offset = 0;
 	} else {
 		msm_ring->ring_bo = fd_bo_ref(suballoc_bo);
@@ -226,8 +225,7 @@ msm_submit_sp_new_ringbuffer(struct fd_submit *submit, uint32_t size,
 			size = INIT_SIZE;
 
 		msm_ring->offset = 0;
-		msm_ring->ring_bo = fd_bo_new_ring(submit->pipe->dev, size,
-				DRM_FREEDRENO_GEM_GPUREADONLY);
+		msm_ring->ring_bo = fd_bo_new_ring(submit->pipe->dev, size);
 	}
 
 	if (!msm_ringbuffer_sp_init(msm_ring, size, flags))
@@ -388,8 +386,7 @@ msm_ringbuffer_sp_grow(struct fd_ringbuffer *ring, uint32_t size)
 	finalize_current_cmd(ring);
 
 	fd_bo_del(msm_ring->ring_bo);
-	msm_ring->ring_bo = fd_bo_new_ring(pipe->dev, size,
-			DRM_FREEDRENO_GEM_GPUREADONLY);
+	msm_ring->ring_bo = fd_bo_new_ring(pipe->dev, size);
 
 	ring->start = fd_bo_map(msm_ring->ring_bo);
 	ring->end = &(ring->start[size/4]);
@@ -568,8 +565,7 @@ msm_ringbuffer_sp_new_object(struct fd_pipe *pipe, uint32_t size)
 
 	msm_ring->u.pipe = pipe;
 	msm_ring->offset = 0;
-	msm_ring->ring_bo = fd_bo_new_ring(pipe->dev, size,
-			DRM_FREEDRENO_GEM_GPUREADONLY);
+	msm_ring->ring_bo = fd_bo_new_ring(pipe->dev, size);
 	msm_ring->base.refcnt = 1;
 
 	return msm_ringbuffer_sp_init(msm_ring, size, _FD_RINGBUFFER_OBJECT);