diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_flip_work.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_flip_work.c
index f9c7fa3..21d5715 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_flip_work.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_flip_work.c
@@ -25,6 +25,43 @@
 #include "drm_flip_work.h"
 
 /**
+ * drm_flip_work_allocate_task - allocate a flip-work task
+ * @data: data associated to the task
+ *
+ * Allocate a drm_flip_task object and attach private data to it.
+ */
+struct drm_flip_task *drm_flip_work_allocate_task(void *data)
+{
+	struct drm_flip_task *task;
+
+	task = kzalloc(sizeof(*task), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (task)
+		task->data = data;
+
+	return task;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_flip_work_allocate_task);
+
+/**
+ * drm_flip_work_queue_task - queue a specific task
+ * @work: the flip-work
+ * @task: the task to handle
+ *
+ * Queues task, that will later be run (passed back to drm_flip_func_t
+ * func) on a work queue after drm_flip_work_commit() is called.
+ */
+void drm_flip_work_queue_task(struct drm_flip_work *work,
+			      struct drm_flip_task *task)
+{
+	unsigned long flags;
+
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&work->lock, flags);
+	list_add_tail(&task->node, &work->queued);
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&work->lock, flags);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_flip_work_queue_task);
+
+/**
  * drm_flip_work_queue - queue work
  * @work: the flip-work
  * @val: the value to queue
@@ -34,10 +71,14 @@
  */
 void drm_flip_work_queue(struct drm_flip_work *work, void *val)
 {
-	if (kfifo_put(&work->fifo, val)) {
-		atomic_inc(&work->pending);
+	struct drm_flip_task *task;
+
+	task = kzalloc(sizeof(*task), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (task) {
+		task->data = val;
+		drm_flip_work_queue_task(work, task);
 	} else {
-		DRM_ERROR("%s fifo full!\n", work->name);
+		DRM_ERROR("%s could not allocate task!\n", work->name);
 		work->func(work, val);
 	}
 }
@@ -56,9 +97,12 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_flip_work_queue);
 void drm_flip_work_commit(struct drm_flip_work *work,
 		struct workqueue_struct *wq)
 {
-	uint32_t pending = atomic_read(&work->pending);
-	atomic_add(pending, &work->count);
-	atomic_sub(pending, &work->pending);
+	unsigned long flags;
+
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&work->lock, flags);
+	list_splice_tail(&work->queued, &work->commited);
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&work->queued);
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&work->lock, flags);
 	queue_work(wq, &work->worker);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_flip_work_commit);
@@ -66,14 +110,26 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_flip_work_commit);
 static void flip_worker(struct work_struct *w)
 {
 	struct drm_flip_work *work = container_of(w, struct drm_flip_work, worker);
-	uint32_t count = atomic_read(&work->count);
-	void *val = NULL;
+	struct list_head tasks;
+	unsigned long flags;
 
-	atomic_sub(count, &work->count);
+	while (1) {
+		struct drm_flip_task *task, *tmp;
 
-	while(count--)
-		if (!WARN_ON(!kfifo_get(&work->fifo, &val)))
-			work->func(work, val);
+		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&tasks);
+		spin_lock_irqsave(&work->lock, flags);
+		list_splice_tail(&work->commited, &tasks);
+		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&work->commited);
+		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&work->lock, flags);
+
+		if (list_empty(&tasks))
+			break;
+
+		list_for_each_entry_safe(task, tmp, &tasks, node) {
+			work->func(work, task->data);
+			kfree(task);
+		}
+	}
 }
 
 /**
@@ -91,19 +147,11 @@ static void flip_worker(struct work_struct *w)
 int drm_flip_work_init(struct drm_flip_work *work, int size,
 		const char *name, drm_flip_func_t func)
 {
-	int ret;
-
 	work->name = name;
-	atomic_set(&work->count, 0);
-	atomic_set(&work->pending, 0);
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&work->queued);
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&work->commited);
 	work->func = func;
 
-	ret = kfifo_alloc(&work->fifo, size, GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (ret) {
-		DRM_ERROR("could not allocate %s fifo\n", name);
-		return ret;
-	}
-
 	INIT_WORK(&work->worker, flip_worker);
 
 	return 0;
@@ -118,7 +166,6 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_flip_work_init);
  */
 void drm_flip_work_cleanup(struct drm_flip_work *work)
 {
-	WARN_ON(!kfifo_is_empty(&work->fifo));
-	kfifo_free(&work->fifo);
+	WARN_ON(!list_empty(&work->queued) || !list_empty(&work->commited));
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_flip_work_cleanup);
diff --git a/include/drm/drm_flip_work.h b/include/drm/drm_flip_work.h
index 9eed34d..549981f 100644
--- a/include/drm/drm_flip_work.h
+++ b/include/drm/drm_flip_work.h
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 #define DRM_FLIP_WORK_H
 
 #include <linux/kfifo.h>
+#include <linux/spinlock.h>
 #include <linux/workqueue.h>
 
 /**
@@ -32,9 +33,7 @@
  *
  * Util to queue up work to run from work-queue context after flip/vblank.
  * Typically this can be used to defer unref of framebuffer's, cursor
- * bo's, etc until after vblank.  The APIs are all safe (and lockless)
- * for up to one producer and once consumer at a time.  The single-consumer
- * aspect is ensured by committing the queued work to a single work-queue.
+ * bo's, etc until after vblank.  The APIs are all safe.
  */
 
 struct drm_flip_work;
@@ -51,22 +50,36 @@ struct drm_flip_work;
 typedef void (*drm_flip_func_t)(struct drm_flip_work *work, void *val);
 
 /**
+ * struct drm_flip_task - flip work task
+ * @node: list entry element
+ * @data: data to pass to work->func
+ */
+struct drm_flip_task {
+	struct list_head node;
+	void *data;
+};
+
+/**
  * struct drm_flip_work - flip work queue
  * @name: debug name
- * @pending: number of queued but not committed items
- * @count: number of committed items
  * @func: callback fxn called for each committed item
  * @worker: worker which calls @func
- * @fifo: queue of committed items
+ * @queued: queued tasks
+ * @commited: commited tasks
+ * @lock: lock to access queued and commited lists
  */
 struct drm_flip_work {
 	const char *name;
-	atomic_t pending, count;
 	drm_flip_func_t func;
 	struct work_struct worker;
-	DECLARE_KFIFO_PTR(fifo, void *);
+	struct list_head queued;
+	struct list_head commited;
+	spinlock_t lock;
 };
 
+struct drm_flip_task *drm_flip_work_allocate_task(void *data);
+void drm_flip_work_queue_task(struct drm_flip_work *work,
+			      struct drm_flip_task *task);
 void drm_flip_work_queue(struct drm_flip_work *work, void *val);
 void drm_flip_work_commit(struct drm_flip_work *work,
 		struct workqueue_struct *wq);
