diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_drv.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_drv.c
index 3ab1e9c..996097a 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_drv.c
@@ -305,6 +305,8 @@ static void drm_cleanup(struct drm_device * dev)
                return;
        }
 
+       drm_vblank_cleanup(dev);
+
        drm_lastclose(dev);
 
        if (drm_core_has_MTRR(dev) && drm_core_has_AGP(dev) &&
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_irq.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_irq.c
index 15c8dab..1e787f8 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_irq.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_irq.c
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ static void vblank_disable_fn(unsigned long arg)
        }
 }
 
-static void drm_vblank_cleanup(struct drm_device *dev)
+void drm_vblank_cleanup(struct drm_device *dev)
 {
        /* Bail if the driver didn't call drm_vblank_init() */
        if (dev->num_crtcs == 0)
@@ -278,8 +278,6 @@ int drm_irq_uninstall(struct drm_device * dev)
 
        free_irq(dev->pdev->irq, dev);
 
-       drm_vblank_cleanup(dev);
-
        return 0;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_irq_uninstall);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_dma.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_dma.c
index 0d215e3..9a1450e 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_dma.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_dma.c
@@ -856,6 +856,11 @@ int i915_driver_load(struct drm_device *dev, unsigned long flags)
 
        spin_lock_init(&dev_priv->user_irq_lock);
 
+       ret = drm_vblank_init(dev, I915_NUM_PIPE);
+
+       if (ret)
+               return ret;
+
        return ret;
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
index 3c9248b..9bb6803 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@ enum pipe {
        PIPE_B,
 };
 
+#define I915_NUM_PIPE  2
+
 /* Interface history:
  *
  * 1.1: Original.
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_irq.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_irq.c
index b7e1a04..7965043 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_irq.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_irq.c
@@ -481,11 +481,6 @@ void i915_driver_irq_preinstall(struct drm_device * dev)
 int i915_driver_irq_postinstall(struct drm_device *dev)
 {
        drm_i915_private_t *dev_priv = (drm_i915_private_t *) dev->dev_private;
-       int ret, num_pipes = 2;
-
-       ret = drm_vblank_init(dev, num_pipes);
-       if (ret)
-               return ret;
 
        dev_priv->vblank_pipe = DRM_I915_VBLANK_PIPE_A | DRM_I915_VBLANK_PIPE_B;
 
diff --git a/include/drm/drmP.h b/include/drm/drmP.h
index 28c7f16..d5e8e5c 100644
--- a/include/drm/drmP.h
+++ b/include/drm/drmP.h
@@ -1151,6 +1151,7 @@ extern u32 drm_vblank_count(struct drm_device *dev, int crtc);
 extern void drm_handle_vblank(struct drm_device *dev, int crtc);
 extern int drm_vblank_get(struct drm_device *dev, int crtc);
 extern void drm_vblank_put(struct drm_device *dev, int crtc);
+extern void drm_vblank_cleanup(struct drm_device *dev);
 /* Modesetting support */
 extern int drm_modeset_ctl(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
                           struct drm_file *file_priv);