diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/a3xx_gpu.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/a3xx_gpu.c
index b707b5bca9ab..4cffec2b6adc 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/a3xx_gpu.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/a3xx_gpu.c
@@ -411,15 +411,6 @@ static const unsigned int a3xx_registers[] = {
 	~0   /* sentinel */
 };
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_FS
-static void a3xx_show(struct msm_gpu *gpu, struct seq_file *m)
-{
-	seq_printf(m, "status:   %08x\n",
-			gpu_read(gpu, REG_A3XX_RBBM_STATUS));
-	adreno_show(gpu, m);
-}
-#endif
-
 /* would be nice to not have to duplicate the _show() stuff with printk(): */
 static void a3xx_dump(struct msm_gpu *gpu)
 {
@@ -464,7 +455,7 @@ static const struct adreno_gpu_funcs funcs = {
 		.irq = a3xx_irq,
 		.destroy = a3xx_destroy,
 #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_FS
-		.show = a3xx_show,
+		.show = adreno_show,
 #endif
 		.gpu_state_get = a3xx_gpu_state_get,
 		.gpu_state_put = adreno_gpu_state_put,
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/a4xx_gpu.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/a4xx_gpu.c
index 17e97ebc1077..95f08c22e8d7 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/a4xx_gpu.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/a4xx_gpu.c
@@ -455,16 +455,6 @@ static const unsigned int a4xx_registers[] = {
 	~0 /* sentinel */
 };
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_FS
-static void a4xx_show(struct msm_gpu *gpu, struct seq_file *m)
-{
-	seq_printf(m, "status:   %08x\n",
-			gpu_read(gpu, REG_A4XX_RBBM_STATUS));
-	adreno_show(gpu, m);
-
-}
-#endif
-
 static struct msm_gpu_state *a4xx_gpu_state_get(struct msm_gpu *gpu)
 {
 	struct msm_gpu_state *state = adreno_gpu_state_get(gpu);
@@ -551,7 +541,7 @@ static const struct adreno_gpu_funcs funcs = {
 		.irq = a4xx_irq,
 		.destroy = a4xx_destroy,
 #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_FS
-		.show = a4xx_show,
+		.show = adreno_show,
 #endif
 		.gpu_state_get = a4xx_gpu_state_get,
 		.gpu_state_put = adreno_gpu_state_put,
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/a5xx_gpu.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/a5xx_gpu.c
index 9e85e4f7016d..5f1aab3c1cb1 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/a5xx_gpu.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/a5xx_gpu.c
@@ -1215,22 +1215,6 @@ static struct msm_gpu_state *a5xx_gpu_state_get(struct msm_gpu *gpu)
 	return state;
 }
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_FS
-static void a5xx_show(struct msm_gpu *gpu, struct seq_file *m)
-{
-	seq_printf(m, "status:   %08x\n",
-			gpu_read(gpu, REG_A5XX_RBBM_STATUS));
-
-	/*
-	 * Temporarily disable hardware clock gating before going into
-	 * adreno_show to avoid issues while reading the registers
-	 */
-	a5xx_set_hwcg(gpu, false);
-	adreno_show(gpu, m);
-	a5xx_set_hwcg(gpu, true);
-}
-#endif
-
 static struct msm_ringbuffer *a5xx_active_ring(struct msm_gpu *gpu)
 {
 	struct adreno_gpu *adreno_gpu = to_adreno_gpu(gpu);
@@ -1260,7 +1244,7 @@ static const struct adreno_gpu_funcs funcs = {
 		.irq = a5xx_irq,
 		.destroy = a5xx_destroy,
 #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_FS
-		.show = a5xx_show,
+		.show = adreno_show,
 		.debugfs_init = a5xx_debugfs_init,
 #endif
 		.gpu_busy = a5xx_gpu_busy,
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/adreno_gpu.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/adreno_gpu.c
index c7a0d278c59e..0e937eedcec5 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/adreno_gpu.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/adreno_gpu.c
@@ -423,38 +423,34 @@ void adreno_gpu_state_put(struct msm_gpu_state *state)
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_FS
-void adreno_show(struct msm_gpu *gpu, struct seq_file *m)
+void adreno_show(struct msm_gpu *gpu, struct msm_gpu_state *state,
+		struct seq_file *m)
 {
 	struct adreno_gpu *adreno_gpu = to_adreno_gpu(gpu);
 	int i;
 
+	if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(state))
+		return;
+
+	seq_printf(m, "status:   %08x\n", state->rbbm_status);
 	seq_printf(m, "revision: %d (%d.%d.%d.%d)\n",
 			adreno_gpu->info->revn, adreno_gpu->rev.core,
 			adreno_gpu->rev.major, adreno_gpu->rev.minor,
 			adreno_gpu->rev.patchid);
 
 	for (i = 0; i < gpu->nr_rings; i++) {
-		struct msm_ringbuffer *ring = gpu->rb[i];
-
 		seq_printf(m, "rb %d: fence:    %d/%d\n", i,
-			ring->memptrs->fence, ring->seqno);
+			state->ring[i].fence, state->ring[i].seqno);
 
-		seq_printf(m, "      rptr:     %d\n",
-			get_rptr(adreno_gpu, ring));
-		seq_printf(m, "rb wptr:  %d\n", get_wptr(ring));
+		seq_printf(m, "      rptr:     %d\n", state->ring[i].rptr);
+		seq_printf(m, "rb wptr:  %d\n", state->ring[i].wptr);
 	}
 
-	/* dump these out in a form that can be parsed by demsm: */
 	seq_printf(m, "IO:region %s 00000000 00020000\n", gpu->name);
-	for (i = 0; adreno_gpu->registers[i] != ~0; i += 2) {
-		uint32_t start = adreno_gpu->registers[i];
-		uint32_t end   = adreno_gpu->registers[i+1];
-		uint32_t addr;
-
-		for (addr = start; addr <= end; addr++) {
-			uint32_t val = gpu_read(gpu, addr);
-			seq_printf(m, "IO:R %08x %08x\n", addr<<2, val);
-		}
+	for (i = 0; i < state->nr_registers; i++) {
+		seq_printf(m, "IO:R %08x %08x\n",
+			state->registers[i * 2] << 2,
+			state->registers[(i * 2) + 1]);
 	}
 }
 #endif
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/adreno_gpu.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/adreno_gpu.h
index 734e31a9631f..90b6b59252af 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/adreno_gpu.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/adreno_gpu.h
@@ -216,7 +216,8 @@ void adreno_submit(struct msm_gpu *gpu, struct msm_gem_submit *submit,
 void adreno_flush(struct msm_gpu *gpu, struct msm_ringbuffer *ring);
 bool adreno_idle(struct msm_gpu *gpu, struct msm_ringbuffer *ring);
 #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_FS
-void adreno_show(struct msm_gpu *gpu, struct seq_file *m);
+void adreno_show(struct msm_gpu *gpu, struct msm_gpu_state *state,
+		struct seq_file *m);
 #endif
 void adreno_dump_info(struct msm_gpu *gpu);
 void adreno_dump(struct msm_gpu *gpu);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_debugfs.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_debugfs.c
index 1ff3fda245d1..c3da12179888 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_debugfs.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_debugfs.c
@@ -16,26 +16,100 @@
  */
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_FS
+#include <linux/debugfs.h>
 #include "msm_drv.h"
 #include "msm_gpu.h"
 #include "msm_kms.h"
 #include "msm_debugfs.h"
 
-static int msm_gpu_show(struct drm_device *dev, struct seq_file *m)
+struct msm_gpu_show_priv {
+	struct msm_gpu_state *state;
+	struct drm_device *dev;
+};
+
+static int msm_gpu_show(struct seq_file *m, void *arg)
+{
+	struct msm_gpu_show_priv *show_priv = m->private;
+	struct msm_drm_private *priv = show_priv->dev->dev_private;
+	struct msm_gpu *gpu = priv->gpu;
+	int ret;
+
+	ret = mutex_lock_interruptible(&show_priv->dev->struct_mutex);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
+	seq_printf(m, "%s Status:\n", gpu->name);
+	gpu->funcs->show(gpu, show_priv->state, m);
+
+	mutex_unlock(&show_priv->dev->struct_mutex);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int msm_gpu_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
+{
+	struct seq_file *m = file->private_data;
+	struct msm_gpu_show_priv *show_priv = m->private;
+	struct msm_drm_private *priv = show_priv->dev->dev_private;
+	struct msm_gpu *gpu = priv->gpu;
+	int ret;
+
+	ret = mutex_lock_interruptible(&show_priv->dev->struct_mutex);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
+	gpu->funcs->gpu_state_put(show_priv->state);
+	mutex_unlock(&show_priv->dev->struct_mutex);
+
+	kfree(show_priv);
+
+	return single_release(inode, file);
+}
+
+static int msm_gpu_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 {
+	struct drm_device *dev = inode->i_private;
 	struct msm_drm_private *priv = dev->dev_private;
 	struct msm_gpu *gpu = priv->gpu;
+	struct msm_gpu_show_priv *show_priv;
+	int ret;
 
-	if (gpu) {
-		seq_printf(m, "%s Status:\n", gpu->name);
-		pm_runtime_get_sync(&gpu->pdev->dev);
-		gpu->funcs->show(gpu, m);
-		pm_runtime_put_sync(&gpu->pdev->dev);
+	if (!gpu)
+		return -ENODEV;
+
+	show_priv = kmalloc(sizeof(*show_priv), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!show_priv)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	ret = mutex_lock_interruptible(&dev->struct_mutex);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
+	pm_runtime_get_sync(&gpu->pdev->dev);
+	show_priv->state = gpu->funcs->gpu_state_get(gpu);
+	pm_runtime_put_sync(&gpu->pdev->dev);
+
+	mutex_unlock(&dev->struct_mutex);
+
+	if (IS_ERR(show_priv->state)) {
+		ret = PTR_ERR(show_priv->state);
+		kfree(show_priv);
+		return ret;
 	}
 
-	return 0;
+	show_priv->dev = dev;
+
+	return single_open(file, msm_gpu_show, show_priv);
 }
 
+static const struct file_operations msm_gpu_fops = {
+	.owner = THIS_MODULE,
+	.open = msm_gpu_open,
+	.read = seq_read,
+	.llseek = seq_lseek,
+	.release = msm_gpu_release,
+};
+
 static int msm_gem_show(struct drm_device *dev, struct seq_file *m)
 {
 	struct msm_drm_private *priv = dev->dev_private;
@@ -105,7 +179,6 @@ static int show_locked(struct seq_file *m, void *arg)
 }
 
 static struct drm_info_list msm_debugfs_list[] = {
-		{"gpu", show_locked, 0, msm_gpu_show},
 		{"gem", show_locked, 0, msm_gem_show},
 		{ "mm", show_locked, 0, msm_mm_show },
 		{ "fb", show_locked, 0, msm_fb_show },
@@ -158,6 +231,9 @@ int msm_debugfs_init(struct drm_minor *minor)
 		return ret;
 	}
 
+	debugfs_create_file("gpu", S_IRUSR, minor->debugfs_root,
+		dev, &msm_gpu_fops);
+
 	if (priv->kms->funcs->debugfs_init) {
 		ret = priv->kms->funcs->debugfs_init(priv->kms, minor);
 		if (ret)
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gpu.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gpu.h
index 4be72a612bec..470f3bb5f834 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gpu.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gpu.h
@@ -65,7 +65,8 @@ struct msm_gpu_funcs {
 	void (*destroy)(struct msm_gpu *gpu);
 #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_FS
 	/* show GPU status in debugfs: */
-	void (*show)(struct msm_gpu *gpu, struct seq_file *m);
+	void (*show)(struct msm_gpu *gpu, struct msm_gpu_state *state,
+			struct seq_file *m);
 	/* for generation specific debugfs: */
 	int (*debugfs_init)(struct msm_gpu *gpu, struct drm_minor *minor);
 #endif
