diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fb_helper.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fb_helper.c
index 36310901e935..634f4dcf0c41 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fb_helper.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fb_helper.c
@@ -2545,6 +2545,194 @@ static int drm_pick_crtcs(struct drm_fb_helper *fb_helper,
 	return best_score;
 }
 
+static struct drm_fb_helper_crtc *
+drm_fb_helper_crtc(struct drm_fb_helper *fb_helper, struct drm_crtc *crtc)
+{
+	int i;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < fb_helper->crtc_count; i++)
+		if (fb_helper->crtc_info[i].mode_set.crtc == crtc)
+			return &fb_helper->crtc_info[i];
+
+	return NULL;
+}
+
+/* Try to read the BIOS display configuration and use it for the initial config */
+static bool drm_fb_helper_firmware_config(struct drm_fb_helper *fb_helper,
+					  struct drm_fb_helper_crtc **crtcs,
+					  struct drm_display_mode **modes,
+					  struct drm_fb_offset *offsets,
+					  bool *enabled, int width, int height)
+{
+	struct drm_device *dev = fb_helper->dev;
+	unsigned int count = min(fb_helper->connector_count, BITS_PER_LONG);
+	unsigned long conn_configured, conn_seq;
+	int i, j;
+	bool *save_enabled;
+	bool fallback = true, ret = true;
+	int num_connectors_enabled = 0;
+	int num_connectors_detected = 0;
+	struct drm_modeset_acquire_ctx ctx;
+
+	save_enabled = kcalloc(count, sizeof(bool), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!save_enabled)
+		return false;
+
+	drm_modeset_acquire_init(&ctx, 0);
+
+	while (drm_modeset_lock_all_ctx(dev, &ctx) != 0)
+		drm_modeset_backoff(&ctx);
+
+	memcpy(save_enabled, enabled, count);
+	conn_seq = GENMASK(count - 1, 0);
+	conn_configured = 0;
+retry:
+	for (i = 0; i < count; i++) {
+		struct drm_fb_helper_connector *fb_conn;
+		struct drm_connector *connector;
+		struct drm_encoder *encoder;
+		struct drm_fb_helper_crtc *new_crtc;
+
+		fb_conn = fb_helper->connector_info[i];
+		connector = fb_conn->connector;
+
+		if (conn_configured & BIT(i))
+			continue;
+
+		/* First pass, only consider tiled connectors */
+		if (conn_seq == GENMASK(count - 1, 0) && !connector->has_tile)
+			continue;
+
+		if (connector->status == connector_status_connected)
+			num_connectors_detected++;
+
+		if (!enabled[i]) {
+			DRM_DEBUG_KMS("connector %s not enabled, skipping\n",
+				      connector->name);
+			conn_configured |= BIT(i);
+			continue;
+		}
+
+		if (connector->force == DRM_FORCE_OFF) {
+			DRM_DEBUG_KMS("connector %s is disabled by user, skipping\n",
+				      connector->name);
+			enabled[i] = false;
+			continue;
+		}
+
+		encoder = connector->state->best_encoder;
+		if (!encoder || WARN_ON(!connector->state->crtc)) {
+			if (connector->force > DRM_FORCE_OFF)
+				goto bail;
+
+			DRM_DEBUG_KMS("connector %s has no encoder or crtc, skipping\n",
+				      connector->name);
+			enabled[i] = false;
+			conn_configured |= BIT(i);
+			continue;
+		}
+
+		num_connectors_enabled++;
+
+		new_crtc = drm_fb_helper_crtc(fb_helper, connector->state->crtc);
+
+		/*
+		 * Make sure we're not trying to drive multiple connectors
+		 * with a single CRTC, since our cloning support may not
+		 * match the BIOS.
+		 */
+		for (j = 0; j < count; j++) {
+			if (crtcs[j] == new_crtc) {
+				DRM_DEBUG_KMS("fallback: cloned configuration\n");
+				goto bail;
+			}
+		}
+
+		DRM_DEBUG_KMS("looking for cmdline mode on connector %s\n",
+			      connector->name);
+
+		/* go for command line mode first */
+		modes[i] = drm_pick_cmdline_mode(fb_conn);
+
+		/* try for preferred next */
+		if (!modes[i]) {
+			DRM_DEBUG_KMS("looking for preferred mode on connector %s %d\n",
+				      connector->name, connector->has_tile);
+			modes[i] = drm_has_preferred_mode(fb_conn, width,
+							  height);
+		}
+
+		/* No preferred mode marked by the EDID? Are there any modes? */
+		if (!modes[i] && !list_empty(&connector->modes)) {
+			DRM_DEBUG_KMS("using first mode listed on connector %s\n",
+				      connector->name);
+			modes[i] = list_first_entry(&connector->modes,
+						    struct drm_display_mode,
+						    head);
+		}
+
+		/* last resort: use current mode */
+		if (!modes[i]) {
+			/*
+			 * IMPORTANT: We want to use the adjusted mode (i.e.
+			 * after the panel fitter upscaling) as the initial
+			 * config, not the input mode, which is what crtc->mode
+			 * usually contains. But since our current
+			 * code puts a mode derived from the post-pfit timings
+			 * into crtc->mode this works out correctly.
+			 *
+			 * This is crtc->mode and not crtc->state->mode for the
+			 * fastboot check to work correctly.
+			 */
+			DRM_DEBUG_KMS("looking for current mode on connector %s\n",
+				      connector->name);
+			modes[i] = &connector->state->crtc->mode;
+		}
+		crtcs[i] = new_crtc;
+
+		DRM_DEBUG_KMS("connector %s on [CRTC:%d:%s]: %dx%d%s\n",
+			      connector->name,
+			      connector->state->crtc->base.id,
+			      connector->state->crtc->name,
+			      modes[i]->hdisplay, modes[i]->vdisplay,
+			      modes[i]->flags & DRM_MODE_FLAG_INTERLACE ? "i" : "");
+
+		fallback = false;
+		conn_configured |= BIT(i);
+	}
+
+	if (conn_configured != conn_seq) { /* repeat until no more are found */
+		conn_seq = conn_configured;
+		goto retry;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * If the BIOS didn't enable everything it could, fall back to have the
+	 * same user experiencing of lighting up as much as possible like the
+	 * fbdev helper library.
+	 */
+	if (num_connectors_enabled != num_connectors_detected &&
+	    num_connectors_enabled < dev->mode_config.num_crtc) {
+		DRM_DEBUG_KMS("fallback: Not all outputs enabled\n");
+		DRM_DEBUG_KMS("Enabled: %i, detected: %i\n", num_connectors_enabled,
+			      num_connectors_detected);
+		fallback = true;
+	}
+
+	if (fallback) {
+bail:
+		DRM_DEBUG_KMS("Not using firmware configuration\n");
+		memcpy(enabled, save_enabled, count);
+		ret = false;
+	}
+
+	drm_modeset_drop_locks(&ctx);
+	drm_modeset_acquire_fini(&ctx);
+
+	kfree(save_enabled);
+	return ret;
+}
+
 static void drm_setup_crtcs(struct drm_fb_helper *fb_helper,
 			    u32 width, u32 height)
 {
@@ -2577,10 +2765,8 @@ static void drm_setup_crtcs(struct drm_fb_helper *fb_helper,
 		DRM_DEBUG_KMS("No connectors reported connected with modes\n");
 	drm_enable_connectors(fb_helper, enabled);
 
-	if (!(fb_helper->funcs->initial_config &&
-	      fb_helper->funcs->initial_config(fb_helper, crtcs, modes,
-					       offsets,
-					       enabled, width, height))) {
+	if (!drm_fb_helper_firmware_config(fb_helper, crtcs, modes, offsets,
+					   enabled, width, height)) {
 		memset(modes, 0, fb_helper->connector_count*sizeof(modes[0]));
 		memset(crtcs, 0, fb_helper->connector_count*sizeof(crtcs[0]));
 		memset(offsets, 0, fb_helper->connector_count*sizeof(offsets[0]));
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_fbdev.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_fbdev.c
index e8f694b57b8a..20e91600cf71 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_fbdev.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_fbdev.c
@@ -292,225 +292,7 @@ static int intelfb_create(struct drm_fb_helper *helper,
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static struct drm_fb_helper_crtc *
-intel_fb_helper_crtc(struct drm_fb_helper *fb_helper, struct drm_crtc *crtc)
-{
-	int i;
-
-	for (i = 0; i < fb_helper->crtc_count; i++)
-		if (fb_helper->crtc_info[i].mode_set.crtc == crtc)
-			return &fb_helper->crtc_info[i];
-
-	return NULL;
-}
-
-/*
- * Try to read the BIOS display configuration and use it for the initial
- * fb configuration.
- *
- * The BIOS or boot loader will generally create an initial display
- * configuration for us that includes some set of active pipes and displays.
- * This routine tries to figure out which pipes and connectors are active
- * and stuffs them into the crtcs and modes array given to us by the
- * drm_fb_helper code.
- *
- * The overall sequence is:
- *   intel_fbdev_init - from driver load
- *     intel_fbdev_init_bios - initialize the intel_fbdev using BIOS data
- *     drm_fb_helper_init - build fb helper structs
- *     drm_fb_helper_single_add_all_connectors - more fb helper structs
- *   intel_fbdev_initial_config - apply the config
- *     drm_fb_helper_initial_config - call ->probe then register_framebuffer()
- *         drm_setup_crtcs - build crtc config for fbdev
- *           intel_fb_initial_config - find active connectors etc
- *         drm_fb_helper_single_fb_probe - set up fbdev
- *           intelfb_create - re-use or alloc fb, build out fbdev structs
- *
- * Note that we don't make special consideration whether we could actually
- * switch to the selected modes without a full modeset. E.g. when the display
- * is in VGA mode we need to recalculate watermarks and set a new high-res
- * framebuffer anyway.
- */
-static bool intel_fb_initial_config(struct drm_fb_helper *fb_helper,
-				    struct drm_fb_helper_crtc **crtcs,
-				    struct drm_display_mode **modes,
-				    struct drm_fb_offset *offsets,
-				    bool *enabled, int width, int height)
-{
-	struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv = to_i915(fb_helper->dev);
-	unsigned int count = min(fb_helper->connector_count, BITS_PER_LONG);
-	unsigned long conn_configured, conn_seq;
-	int i, j;
-	bool *save_enabled;
-	bool fallback = true, ret = true;
-	int num_connectors_enabled = 0;
-	int num_connectors_detected = 0;
-	struct drm_modeset_acquire_ctx ctx;
-
-	save_enabled = kcalloc(count, sizeof(bool), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!save_enabled)
-		return false;
-
-	drm_modeset_acquire_init(&ctx, 0);
-
-	while (drm_modeset_lock_all_ctx(fb_helper->dev, &ctx) != 0)
-		drm_modeset_backoff(&ctx);
-
-	memcpy(save_enabled, enabled, count);
-	conn_seq = GENMASK(count - 1, 0);
-	conn_configured = 0;
-retry:
-	for (i = 0; i < count; i++) {
-		struct drm_fb_helper_connector *fb_conn;
-		struct drm_connector *connector;
-		struct drm_encoder *encoder;
-		struct drm_fb_helper_crtc *new_crtc;
-
-		fb_conn = fb_helper->connector_info[i];
-		connector = fb_conn->connector;
-
-		if (conn_configured & BIT(i))
-			continue;
-
-		/* First pass, only consider tiled connectors */
-		if (conn_seq == GENMASK(count - 1, 0) && !connector->has_tile)
-			continue;
-
-		if (connector->status == connector_status_connected)
-			num_connectors_detected++;
-
-		if (!enabled[i]) {
-			DRM_DEBUG_KMS("connector %s not enabled, skipping\n",
-				      connector->name);
-			conn_configured |= BIT(i);
-			continue;
-		}
-
-		if (connector->force == DRM_FORCE_OFF) {
-			DRM_DEBUG_KMS("connector %s is disabled by user, skipping\n",
-				      connector->name);
-			enabled[i] = false;
-			continue;
-		}
-
-		encoder = connector->state->best_encoder;
-		if (!encoder || WARN_ON(!connector->state->crtc)) {
-			if (connector->force > DRM_FORCE_OFF)
-				goto bail;
-
-			DRM_DEBUG_KMS("connector %s has no encoder or crtc, skipping\n",
-				      connector->name);
-			enabled[i] = false;
-			conn_configured |= BIT(i);
-			continue;
-		}
-
-		num_connectors_enabled++;
-
-		new_crtc = intel_fb_helper_crtc(fb_helper,
-						connector->state->crtc);
-
-		/*
-		 * Make sure we're not trying to drive multiple connectors
-		 * with a single CRTC, since our cloning support may not
-		 * match the BIOS.
-		 */
-		for (j = 0; j < count; j++) {
-			if (crtcs[j] == new_crtc) {
-				DRM_DEBUG_KMS("fallback: cloned configuration\n");
-				goto bail;
-			}
-		}
-
-		DRM_DEBUG_KMS("looking for cmdline mode on connector %s\n",
-			      connector->name);
-
-		/* go for command line mode first */
-		modes[i] = drm_pick_cmdline_mode(fb_conn);
-
-		/* try for preferred next */
-		if (!modes[i]) {
-			DRM_DEBUG_KMS("looking for preferred mode on connector %s %d\n",
-				      connector->name, connector->has_tile);
-			modes[i] = drm_has_preferred_mode(fb_conn, width,
-							  height);
-		}
-
-		/* No preferred mode marked by the EDID? Are there any modes? */
-		if (!modes[i] && !list_empty(&connector->modes)) {
-			DRM_DEBUG_KMS("using first mode listed on connector %s\n",
-				      connector->name);
-			modes[i] = list_first_entry(&connector->modes,
-						    struct drm_display_mode,
-						    head);
-		}
-
-		/* last resort: use current mode */
-		if (!modes[i]) {
-			/*
-			 * IMPORTANT: We want to use the adjusted mode (i.e.
-			 * after the panel fitter upscaling) as the initial
-			 * config, not the input mode, which is what crtc->mode
-			 * usually contains. But since our current
-			 * code puts a mode derived from the post-pfit timings
-			 * into crtc->mode this works out correctly.
-			 *
-			 * This is crtc->mode and not crtc->state->mode for the
-			 * fastboot check to work correctly. crtc_state->mode has
-			 * I915_MODE_FLAG_INHERITED, which we clear to force check
-			 * state.
-			 */
-			DRM_DEBUG_KMS("looking for current mode on connector %s\n",
-				      connector->name);
-			modes[i] = &connector->state->crtc->mode;
-		}
-		crtcs[i] = new_crtc;
-
-		DRM_DEBUG_KMS("connector %s on [CRTC:%d:%s]: %dx%d%s\n",
-			      connector->name,
-			      connector->state->crtc->base.id,
-			      connector->state->crtc->name,
-			      modes[i]->hdisplay, modes[i]->vdisplay,
-			      modes[i]->flags & DRM_MODE_FLAG_INTERLACE ? "i" :"");
-
-		fallback = false;
-		conn_configured |= BIT(i);
-	}
-
-	if (conn_configured != conn_seq) { /* repeat until no more are found */
-		conn_seq = conn_configured;
-		goto retry;
-	}
-
-	/*
-	 * If the BIOS didn't enable everything it could, fall back to have the
-	 * same user experiencing of lighting up as much as possible like the
-	 * fbdev helper library.
-	 */
-	if (num_connectors_enabled != num_connectors_detected &&
-	    num_connectors_enabled < INTEL_INFO(dev_priv)->num_pipes) {
-		DRM_DEBUG_KMS("fallback: Not all outputs enabled\n");
-		DRM_DEBUG_KMS("Enabled: %i, detected: %i\n", num_connectors_enabled,
-			      num_connectors_detected);
-		fallback = true;
-	}
-
-	if (fallback) {
-bail:
-		DRM_DEBUG_KMS("Not using firmware configuration\n");
-		memcpy(enabled, save_enabled, count);
-		ret = false;
-	}
-
-	drm_modeset_drop_locks(&ctx);
-	drm_modeset_acquire_fini(&ctx);
-
-	kfree(save_enabled);
-	return ret;
-}
-
 static const struct drm_fb_helper_funcs intel_fb_helper_funcs = {
-	.initial_config = intel_fb_initial_config,
 	.fb_probe = intelfb_create,
 };
 
diff --git a/include/drm/drm_fb_helper.h b/include/drm/drm_fb_helper.h
index 7a095964f6b2..bca4b34dc93b 100644
--- a/include/drm/drm_fb_helper.h
+++ b/include/drm/drm_fb_helper.h
@@ -100,29 +100,6 @@ struct drm_fb_helper_funcs {
 	 */
 	int (*fb_probe)(struct drm_fb_helper *helper,
 			struct drm_fb_helper_surface_size *sizes);
-
-	/**
-	 * @initial_config:
-	 *
-	 * Driver callback to setup an initial fbdev display configuration.
-	 * Drivers can use this callback to tell the fbdev emulation what the
-	 * preferred initial configuration is. This is useful to implement
-	 * smooth booting where the fbdev (and subsequently all userspace) never
-	 * changes the mode, but always inherits the existing configuration.
-	 *
-	 * This callback is optional.
-	 *
-	 * RETURNS:
-	 *
-	 * The driver should return true if a suitable initial configuration has
-	 * been filled out and false when the fbdev helper should fall back to
-	 * the default probing logic.
-	 */
-	bool (*initial_config)(struct drm_fb_helper *fb_helper,
-			       struct drm_fb_helper_crtc **crtcs,
-			       struct drm_display_mode **modes,
-			       struct drm_fb_offset *offsets,
-			       bool *enabled, int width, int height);
 };
 
 struct drm_fb_helper_connector {
