diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_display.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_display.c
index acfb9b7939e2..619916f63c4f 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_display.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_display.c
@@ -13662,6 +13662,10 @@ static int intel_atomic_check(struct drm_device *dev,
 	if (ret)
 		goto fail;
 
+	if (_state->legacy_cursor_update)
+		_state->async_update = !drm_atomic_helper_async_check(dev,
+								     _state);
+
 	intel_fbc_choose_crtc(dev_priv, state);
 	ret = calc_watermark_data(state);
 	if (ret)
@@ -14158,34 +14162,6 @@ static int intel_atomic_commit(struct drm_device *dev,
 
 	drm_atomic_state_get(&state->base);
 
-	/*
-	 * The intel_legacy_cursor_update() fast path takes care
-	 * of avoiding the vblank waits for simple cursor
-	 * movement and flips. For cursor on/off and size changes,
-	 * we want to perform the vblank waits so that watermark
-	 * updates happen during the correct frames. Gen9+ have
-	 * double buffered watermarks and so shouldn't need this.
-	 *
-	 * Unset state->legacy_cursor_update before the call to
-	 * drm_atomic_helper_setup_commit() because otherwise
-	 * drm_atomic_helper_wait_for_flip_done() is a noop and
-	 * we get FIFO underruns because we didn't wait
-	 * for vblank.
-	 *
-	 * FIXME doing watermarks and fb cleanup from a vblank worker
-	 * (assuming we had any) would solve these problems.
-	 */
-	if (INTEL_GEN(dev_priv) < 9 && state->base.legacy_cursor_update) {
-		struct intel_crtc_state *new_crtc_state;
-		struct intel_crtc *crtc;
-		int i;
-
-		for_each_new_intel_crtc_in_state(state, crtc, new_crtc_state, i)
-			if (new_crtc_state->wm.need_postvbl_update ||
-			    new_crtc_state->update_wm_post)
-				state->base.legacy_cursor_update = false;
-	}
-
 	ret = intel_atomic_prepare_commit(state);
 	if (ret) {
 		DRM_DEBUG_ATOMIC("Preparing state failed with %i\n", ret);
@@ -14677,139 +14653,8 @@ static const struct drm_plane_funcs i8xx_plane_funcs = {
 	.format_mod_supported = i8xx_plane_format_mod_supported,
 };
 
-static int
-intel_legacy_cursor_update(struct drm_plane *plane,
-			   struct drm_crtc *crtc,
-			   struct drm_framebuffer *fb,
-			   int crtc_x, int crtc_y,
-			   unsigned int crtc_w, unsigned int crtc_h,
-			   u32 src_x, u32 src_y,
-			   u32 src_w, u32 src_h,
-			   struct drm_modeset_acquire_ctx *ctx)
-{
-	struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv = to_i915(crtc->dev);
-	int ret;
-	struct drm_plane_state *old_plane_state, *new_plane_state;
-	struct intel_plane *intel_plane = to_intel_plane(plane);
-	struct drm_framebuffer *old_fb;
-	struct intel_crtc_state *crtc_state =
-		to_intel_crtc_state(crtc->state);
-	struct intel_crtc_state *new_crtc_state;
-
-	/*
-	 * When crtc is inactive or there is a modeset pending,
-	 * wait for it to complete in the slowpath
-	 */
-	if (!crtc_state->base.active || needs_modeset(crtc_state) ||
-	    crtc_state->update_pipe)
-		goto slow;
-
-	old_plane_state = plane->state;
-	/*
-	 * Don't do an async update if there is an outstanding commit modifying
-	 * the plane.  This prevents our async update's changes from getting
-	 * overridden by a previous synchronous update's state.
-	 */
-	if (old_plane_state->commit &&
-	    !try_wait_for_completion(&old_plane_state->commit->hw_done))
-		goto slow;
-
-	/*
-	 * If any parameters change that may affect watermarks,
-	 * take the slowpath. Only changing fb or position should be
-	 * in the fastpath.
-	 */
-	if (old_plane_state->crtc != crtc ||
-	    old_plane_state->src_w != src_w ||
-	    old_plane_state->src_h != src_h ||
-	    old_plane_state->crtc_w != crtc_w ||
-	    old_plane_state->crtc_h != crtc_h ||
-	    !old_plane_state->fb != !fb)
-		goto slow;
-
-	new_plane_state = intel_plane_duplicate_state(plane);
-	if (!new_plane_state)
-		return -ENOMEM;
-
-	new_crtc_state = to_intel_crtc_state(intel_crtc_duplicate_state(crtc));
-	if (!new_crtc_state) {
-		ret = -ENOMEM;
-		goto out_free;
-	}
-
-	drm_atomic_set_fb_for_plane(new_plane_state, fb);
-
-	new_plane_state->src_x = src_x;
-	new_plane_state->src_y = src_y;
-	new_plane_state->src_w = src_w;
-	new_plane_state->src_h = src_h;
-	new_plane_state->crtc_x = crtc_x;
-	new_plane_state->crtc_y = crtc_y;
-	new_plane_state->crtc_w = crtc_w;
-	new_plane_state->crtc_h = crtc_h;
-
-	ret = intel_plane_atomic_check_with_state(crtc_state, new_crtc_state,
-						  to_intel_plane_state(old_plane_state),
-						  to_intel_plane_state(new_plane_state));
-	if (ret)
-		goto out_free;
-
-	ret = mutex_lock_interruptible(&dev_priv->drm.struct_mutex);
-	if (ret)
-		goto out_free;
-
-	ret = intel_plane_pin_fb(to_intel_plane_state(new_plane_state));
-	if (ret)
-		goto out_unlock;
-
-	intel_fb_obj_flush(intel_fb_obj(fb), ORIGIN_FLIP);
-
-	old_fb = old_plane_state->fb;
-	i915_gem_track_fb(intel_fb_obj(old_fb), intel_fb_obj(fb),
-			  intel_plane->frontbuffer_bit);
-
-	/* Swap plane state */
-	plane->state = new_plane_state;
-
-	/*
-	 * We cannot swap crtc_state as it may be in use by an atomic commit or
-	 * page flip that's running simultaneously. If we swap crtc_state and
-	 * destroy the old state, we will cause a use-after-free there.
-	 *
-	 * Only update active_planes, which is needed for our internal
-	 * bookkeeping. Either value will do the right thing when updating
-	 * planes atomically. If the cursor was part of the atomic update then
-	 * we would have taken the slowpath.
-	 */
-	crtc_state->active_planes = new_crtc_state->active_planes;
-
-	if (plane->state->visible)
-		intel_update_plane(intel_plane, crtc_state,
-				   to_intel_plane_state(plane->state));
-	else
-		intel_disable_plane(intel_plane, crtc_state);
-
-	intel_plane_unpin_fb(to_intel_plane_state(old_plane_state));
-
-out_unlock:
-	mutex_unlock(&dev_priv->drm.struct_mutex);
-out_free:
-	if (new_crtc_state)
-		intel_crtc_destroy_state(crtc, &new_crtc_state->base);
-	if (ret)
-		intel_plane_destroy_state(plane, new_plane_state);
-	else
-		intel_plane_destroy_state(plane, old_plane_state);
-	return ret;
-
-slow:
-	return drm_atomic_helper_update_plane(plane, crtc, fb,
-					      crtc_x, crtc_y, crtc_w, crtc_h,
-					      src_x, src_y, src_w, src_h, ctx);
-}
-
 static const struct drm_plane_funcs intel_cursor_plane_funcs = {
-	.update_plane = intel_legacy_cursor_update,
+	.update_plane = drm_atomic_helper_update_plane,
 	.disable_plane = drm_atomic_helper_disable_plane,
 	.destroy = intel_plane_destroy,
 	.atomic_duplicate_state = intel_plane_duplicate_state,
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_pm.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_pm.c
index 22472f2bd31b..d8f7ba0f8d84 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_pm.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_pm.c
@@ -825,7 +825,7 @@ static bool intel_wm_plane_visible(const struct intel_crtc_state *crtc_state,
 	 * can happen faster than the vrefresh rate, and the current
 	 * watermark code doesn't handle that correctly. Cursor updates
 	 * which set/clear the fb or change the cursor size are going
-	 * to get throttled by intel_legacy_cursor_update() to work
+	 * to get throttled by intel_plane_atomic_async_update() to work
 	 * around this problem with the watermark code.
 	 */
 	if (plane->id == PLANE_CURSOR)
