diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/sti/sti_drv.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/sti/sti_drv.c
index ff71e25..9a9b9a2 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/sti/sti_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/sti/sti_drv.c
@@ -150,52 +150,6 @@ static void sti_drm_dbg_cleanup(struct drm_minor *minor)
 				 1, minor);
 }
 
-static void sti_atomic_schedule(struct sti_private *private,
-				struct drm_atomic_state *state)
-{
-	private->commit.state = state;
-	schedule_work(&private->commit.work);
-}
-
-static void sti_atomic_complete(struct sti_private *private,
-				struct drm_atomic_state *state)
-{
-	struct drm_device *drm = private->drm_dev;
-
-	/*
-	 * Everything below can be run asynchronously without the need to grab
-	 * any modeset locks at all under one condition: It must be guaranteed
-	 * that the asynchronous work has either been cancelled (if the driver
-	 * supports it, which at least requires that the framebuffers get
-	 * cleaned up with drm_atomic_helper_cleanup_planes()) or completed
-	 * before the new state gets committed on the software side with
-	 * drm_atomic_helper_swap_state().
-	 *
-	 * This scheme allows new atomic state updates to be prepared and
-	 * checked in parallel to the asynchronous completion of the previous
-	 * update. Which is important since compositors need to figure out the
-	 * composition of the next frame right after having submitted the
-	 * current layout.
-	 */
-
-	drm_atomic_helper_commit_modeset_disables(drm, state);
-	drm_atomic_helper_commit_planes(drm, state, 0);
-	drm_atomic_helper_commit_modeset_enables(drm, state);
-
-	drm_atomic_helper_wait_for_vblanks(drm, state);
-
-	drm_atomic_helper_cleanup_planes(drm, state);
-	drm_atomic_state_put(state);
-}
-
-static void sti_atomic_work(struct work_struct *work)
-{
-	struct sti_private *private = container_of(work,
-			struct sti_private, commit.work);
-
-	sti_atomic_complete(private, private->commit.state);
-}
-
 static int sti_atomic_check(struct drm_device *dev,
 			    struct drm_atomic_state *state)
 {
@@ -216,38 +170,6 @@ static int sti_atomic_check(struct drm_device *dev,
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static int sti_atomic_commit(struct drm_device *drm,
-			     struct drm_atomic_state *state, bool nonblock)
-{
-	struct sti_private *private = drm->dev_private;
-	int err;
-
-	err = drm_atomic_helper_prepare_planes(drm, state);
-	if (err)
-		return err;
-
-	/* serialize outstanding nonblocking commits */
-	mutex_lock(&private->commit.lock);
-	flush_work(&private->commit.work);
-
-	/*
-	 * This is the point of no return - everything below never fails except
-	 * when the hw goes bonghits. Which means we can commit the new state on
-	 * the software side now.
-	 */
-
-	drm_atomic_helper_swap_state(state, true);
-
-	drm_atomic_state_get(state);
-	if (nonblock)
-		sti_atomic_schedule(private, state);
-	else
-		sti_atomic_complete(private, state);
-
-	mutex_unlock(&private->commit.lock);
-	return 0;
-}
-
 static void sti_output_poll_changed(struct drm_device *ddev)
 {
 	struct sti_private *private = ddev->dev_private;
@@ -271,7 +193,7 @@ static const struct drm_mode_config_funcs sti_mode_config_funcs = {
 	.fb_create = drm_fb_cma_create,
 	.output_poll_changed = sti_output_poll_changed,
 	.atomic_check = sti_atomic_check,
-	.atomic_commit = sti_atomic_commit,
+	.atomic_commit = drm_atomic_helper_commit,
 };
 
 static void sti_mode_config_init(struct drm_device *dev)
@@ -352,9 +274,6 @@ static int sti_init(struct drm_device *ddev)
 	dev_set_drvdata(ddev->dev, ddev);
 	private->drm_dev = ddev;
 
-	mutex_init(&private->commit.lock);
-	INIT_WORK(&private->commit.work, sti_atomic_work);
-
 	drm_mode_config_init(ddev);
 
 	sti_mode_config_init(ddev);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/sti/sti_drv.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/sti/sti_drv.h
index 78ebe5e..f9276cd 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/sti/sti_drv.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/sti/sti_drv.h
@@ -25,12 +25,6 @@ struct sti_private {
 	struct drm_property *plane_zorder_property;
 	struct drm_device *drm_dev;
 	struct drm_fbdev_cma *fbdev;
-
-	struct {
-		struct drm_atomic_state *state;
-		struct work_struct work;
-		struct mutex lock;
-	} commit;
 };
 
 extern struct platform_driver sti_tvout_driver;
