diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i810/i810_dma.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i810/i810_dma.c
index f7c17b2398338..7f4b4e10246ec 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i810/i810_dma.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i810/i810_dma.c
@@ -886,7 +886,7 @@ static int i810_flush_queue(struct drm_device *dev)
 }
 
 /* Must be called with the lock held */
-void i810_driver_reclaim_buffers(struct drm_device *dev,
+static void i810_reclaim_buffers(struct drm_device *dev,
 				 struct drm_file *file_priv)
 {
 	struct drm_device_dma *dma = dev->dma;
@@ -1223,17 +1223,12 @@ void i810_driver_preclose(struct drm_device *dev, struct drm_file *file_priv)
 		if (dev_priv->page_flipping)
 			i810_do_cleanup_pageflip(dev);
 	}
+}
 
-	if (file_priv->master && file_priv->master->lock.hw_lock) {
-		drm_idlelock_take(&file_priv->master->lock);
-		i810_driver_reclaim_buffers(dev, file_priv);
-		drm_idlelock_release(&file_priv->master->lock);
-	} else {
-		/* master disappeared, clean up stuff anyway and hope nothing
-		 * goes wrong */
-		i810_driver_reclaim_buffers(dev, file_priv);
-	}
-
+void i810_driver_reclaim_buffers_locked(struct drm_device *dev,
+					struct drm_file *file_priv)
+{
+	i810_reclaim_buffers(dev, file_priv);
 }
 
 int i810_driver_dma_quiescent(struct drm_device *dev)
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i810/i810_drv.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i810/i810_drv.c
index 053f1ee58393a..ec12f7dc717a8 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i810/i810_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i810/i810_drv.c
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ static struct drm_driver driver = {
 	.lastclose = i810_driver_lastclose,
 	.preclose = i810_driver_preclose,
 	.device_is_agp = i810_driver_device_is_agp,
+	.reclaim_buffers_locked = i810_driver_reclaim_buffers_locked,
 	.dma_quiescent = i810_driver_dma_quiescent,
 	.ioctls = i810_ioctls,
 	.fops = &i810_driver_fops,
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i810/i810_drv.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i810/i810_drv.h
index 6e0acad9e0f55..c9339f4817955 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i810/i810_drv.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i810/i810_drv.h
@@ -116,12 +116,14 @@ typedef struct drm_i810_private {
 
 				/* i810_dma.c */
 extern int i810_driver_dma_quiescent(struct drm_device *dev);
-void i810_driver_reclaim_buffers(struct drm_device *dev,
-			         struct drm_file *file_priv);
+extern void i810_driver_reclaim_buffers_locked(struct drm_device *dev,
+					       struct drm_file *file_priv);
 extern int i810_driver_load(struct drm_device *, unsigned long flags);
 extern void i810_driver_lastclose(struct drm_device *dev);
 extern void i810_driver_preclose(struct drm_device *dev,
 				 struct drm_file *file_priv);
+extern void i810_driver_reclaim_buffers_locked(struct drm_device *dev,
+					       struct drm_file *file_priv);
 extern int i810_driver_device_is_agp(struct drm_device *dev);
 
 extern long i810_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg);