diff --git a/msm8998/mm-video-v4l2/vidc/venc/inc/omx_video_base.h b/msm8998/mm-video-v4l2/vidc/venc/inc/omx_video_base.h
index 13b5025a..8643e3f0 100644
--- a/msm8998/mm-video-v4l2/vidc/venc/inc/omx_video_base.h
+++ b/msm8998/mm-video-v4l2/vidc/venc/inc/omx_video_base.h
@@ -690,7 +690,6 @@ class omx_video: public qc_omx_component
         omx_cmd_queue m_opq_meta_q;
         omx_cmd_queue m_opq_pmem_q;
         OMX_BUFFERHEADERTYPE meta_buffer_hdr[MAX_NUM_INPUT_BUFFERS];
-        pthread_mutex_t m_buf_lock;
 
         bool input_flush_progress;
         bool output_flush_progress;
diff --git a/msm8998/mm-video-v4l2/vidc/venc/src/omx_video_base.cpp b/msm8998/mm-video-v4l2/vidc/venc/src/omx_video_base.cpp
index 5d0f4458..c091162a 100644
--- a/msm8998/mm-video-v4l2/vidc/venc/src/omx_video_base.cpp
+++ b/msm8998/mm-video-v4l2/vidc/venc/src/omx_video_base.cpp
@@ -320,8 +320,6 @@ omx_video::omx_video():
     property_get("ro.board.platform", platform_name, "0");
     strlcpy(m_platform, platform_name, sizeof(m_platform));
 #endif
-
-    pthread_mutex_init(&m_buf_lock, NULL);
 }
 
 
@@ -363,8 +361,6 @@ omx_video::~omx_video()
     sem_destroy(&m_cmd_lock);
     DEBUG_PRINT_HIGH("m_etb_count = %" PRIu64 ", m_fbd_count = %" PRIu64, m_etb_count,
             m_fbd_count);
-
-    pthread_mutex_destroy(&m_buf_lock);
     DEBUG_PRINT_HIGH("omx_video: Destructor exit");
     DEBUG_PRINT_HIGH("Exiting OMX Video Encoder ...");
 }
@@ -2751,7 +2747,6 @@ OMX_ERRORTYPE  omx_video::use_output_buffer(
         return OMX_ErrorBadParameter;
     }
 
-    auto_lock l(m_buf_lock);
     if (!m_out_mem_ptr) {
         output_use_buffer = true;
         int nBufHdrSize        = 0;
@@ -3717,7 +3712,6 @@ OMX_ERRORTYPE  omx_video::free_buffer(OMX_IN OMX_HANDLETYPE         hComp,
                 nPortIndex, (unsigned int)m_sOutPortDef.nBufferCountActual);
         if (nPortIndex < m_sOutPortDef.nBufferCountActual &&
                 BITMASK_PRESENT(&m_out_bm_count, nPortIndex)) {
-            auto_lock l(m_buf_lock);
             // Clear the bit associated with it.
             BITMASK_CLEAR(&m_out_bm_count,nPortIndex);
             m_sOutPortDef.bPopulated = OMX_FALSE;
diff --git a/msm8998/mm-video-v4l2/vidc/venc/src/omx_video_encoder.cpp b/msm8998/mm-video-v4l2/vidc/venc/src/omx_video_encoder.cpp
index b8ee0935..f0468bf8 100644
--- a/msm8998/mm-video-v4l2/vidc/venc/src/omx_video_encoder.cpp
+++ b/msm8998/mm-video-v4l2/vidc/venc/src/omx_video_encoder.cpp
@@ -2706,17 +2706,10 @@ int omx_venc::async_message_process (void *context, void* message)
                     OMX_COMPONENT_GENERATE_EBD);
             break;
         case VEN_MSG_OUTPUT_BUFFER_DONE:
-        {
             omxhdr = (OMX_BUFFERHEADERTYPE*)m_sVenc_msg->buf.clientdata;
-            OMX_U32 bufIndex = (OMX_U32)(omxhdr - omx->m_out_mem_ptr);
 
             if ( (omxhdr != NULL) &&
-                    (bufIndex  < omx->m_sOutPortDef.nBufferCountActual)) {
-                auto_lock l(omx->m_buf_lock);
-                if (BITMASK_ABSENT(&(omx->m_out_bm_count), bufIndex)) {
-                    DEBUG_PRINT_ERROR("Recieved FBD for buffer that is already freed !");
-                    break;
-                }
+                    ((OMX_U32)(omxhdr - omx->m_out_mem_ptr)  < omx->m_sOutPortDef.nBufferCountActual)) {
                 if (!omx->is_secure_session() && (m_sVenc_msg->buf.len <=  omxhdr->nAllocLen)) {
                     omxhdr->nFilledLen = m_sVenc_msg->buf.len;
                     omxhdr->nOffset = m_sVenc_msg->buf.offset;
@@ -2759,7 +2752,6 @@ int omx_venc::async_message_process (void *context, void* message)
             omx->post_event ((unsigned long)omxhdr,m_sVenc_msg->statuscode,
                     OMX_COMPONENT_GENERATE_FBD);
             break;
-        }
         case VEN_MSG_NEED_OUTPUT_BUFFER:
             //TBD what action needs to be done here??
             break;