diff --git a/skia/BUILD.gn b/skia/BUILD.gn
index 55266f471ec995..8a7ff6ac16195a 100644
--- a/skia/BUILD.gn
+++ b/skia/BUILD.gn
@@ -164,10 +164,6 @@ config("skia_library_config") {
     # all filters used in Blink support the optimized path properly
     "SK_DISABLE_OFFSETIMAGEFILTER_OPTIMIZATION",
 
-    # Disable this check because it is too strict for some Chromium-specific
-    # subclasses of SkPixelRef. See bug: crbug.com/171776.
-    "SK_DISABLE_PIXELREF_LOCKCOUNT_BALANCE_CHECK",
-
     "IGNORE_ROT_AA_RECT_OPT",
 
     "SK_IGNORE_BLURRED_RRECT_OPT",
diff --git a/skia/skia_common.gypi b/skia/skia_common.gypi
index 77624c0b9f2408..46d073697fab38 100644
--- a/skia/skia_common.gypi
+++ b/skia/skia_common.gypi
@@ -187,10 +187,6 @@
     # all filters used in Blink support the optimized path properly
     'SK_DISABLE_OFFSETIMAGEFILTER_OPTIMIZATION',
 
-    # Disable this check because it is too strict for some Chromium-specific
-    # subclasses of SkPixelRef. See bug: crbug.com/171776.
-    'SK_DISABLE_PIXELREF_LOCKCOUNT_BALANCE_CHECK',
-
     'IGNORE_ROT_AA_RECT_OPT',
 
     'SK_IGNORE_BLURRED_RRECT_OPT',