diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_irq.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_irq.c
index 6eb17a24473dc..38cc7824ac725 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_irq.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_irq.c
@@ -1000,34 +1000,6 @@ static void send_vblank_event(struct drm_device *dev,
 					 e->event.sequence);
 }
 
-/**
- * drm_arm_vblank_event - arm vblank event after pageflip
- * @dev: DRM device
- * @pipe: CRTC index
- * @e: the event to prepare to send
- *
- * A lot of drivers need to generate vblank events for the very next vblank
- * interrupt. For example when the page flip interrupt happens when the page
- * flip gets armed, but not when it actually executes within the next vblank
- * period. This helper function implements exactly the required vblank arming
- * behaviour.
- *
- * Caller must hold event lock. Caller must also hold a vblank reference for
- * the event @e, which will be dropped when the next vblank arrives.
- *
- * This is the legacy version of drm_crtc_arm_vblank_event().
- */
-void drm_arm_vblank_event(struct drm_device *dev, unsigned int pipe,
-			  struct drm_pending_vblank_event *e)
-{
-	assert_spin_locked(&dev->event_lock);
-
-	e->pipe = pipe;
-	e->event.sequence = drm_vblank_count(dev, pipe);
-	list_add_tail(&e->base.link, &dev->vblank_event_list);
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_arm_vblank_event);
-
 /**
  * drm_crtc_arm_vblank_event - arm vblank event after pageflip
  * @crtc: the source CRTC of the vblank event
@@ -1041,13 +1013,18 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_arm_vblank_event);
  *
  * Caller must hold event lock. Caller must also hold a vblank reference for
  * the event @e, which will be dropped when the next vblank arrives.
- *
- * This is the native KMS version of drm_arm_vblank_event().
  */
 void drm_crtc_arm_vblank_event(struct drm_crtc *crtc,
 			       struct drm_pending_vblank_event *e)
 {
-	drm_arm_vblank_event(crtc->dev, drm_crtc_index(crtc), e);
+	struct drm_device *dev = crtc->dev;
+	unsigned int pipe = drm_crtc_index(crtc);
+
+	assert_spin_locked(&dev->event_lock);
+
+	e->pipe = pipe;
+	e->event.sequence = drm_vblank_count(dev, pipe);
+	list_add_tail(&e->base.link, &dev->vblank_event_list);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_crtc_arm_vblank_event);
 
diff --git a/include/drm/drmP.h b/include/drm/drmP.h
index 1d24f087c164f..9a76c7ce97361 100644
--- a/include/drm/drmP.h
+++ b/include/drm/drmP.h
@@ -971,8 +971,6 @@ extern u32 drm_crtc_vblank_count_and_time(struct drm_crtc *crtc,
 					  struct timeval *vblanktime);
 extern void drm_crtc_send_vblank_event(struct drm_crtc *crtc,
 				       struct drm_pending_vblank_event *e);
-extern void drm_arm_vblank_event(struct drm_device *dev, unsigned int pipe,
-				 struct drm_pending_vblank_event *e);
 extern void drm_crtc_arm_vblank_event(struct drm_crtc *crtc,
 				      struct drm_pending_vblank_event *e);
 extern bool drm_handle_vblank(struct drm_device *dev, unsigned int pipe);