diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/qxl/qxl_display.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/qxl/qxl_display.c
index 030409a..9a03524 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/qxl/qxl_display.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/qxl/qxl_display.c
@@ -465,7 +465,7 @@ static const struct drm_crtc_funcs qxl_crtc_funcs = {
 	.page_flip = qxl_crtc_page_flip,
 };

-static void qxl_user_framebuffer_destroy(struct drm_framebuffer *fb)
+void qxl_user_framebuffer_destroy(struct drm_framebuffer *fb)
 {
 	struct qxl_framebuffer *qxl_fb = to_qxl_framebuffer(fb);

@@ -527,12 +527,13 @@ int
 qxl_framebuffer_init(struct drm_device *dev,
 		     struct qxl_framebuffer *qfb,
 		     const struct drm_mode_fb_cmd2 *mode_cmd,
-		     struct drm_gem_object *obj)
+		     struct drm_gem_object *obj,
+		     const struct drm_framebuffer_funcs *funcs)
 {
 	int ret;

 	qfb->obj = obj;
-	ret = drm_framebuffer_init(dev, &qfb->base, &qxl_fb_funcs);
+	ret = drm_framebuffer_init(dev, &qfb->base, funcs);
 	if (ret) {
 		qfb->obj = NULL;
 		return ret;
@@ -999,7 +1000,7 @@ qxl_user_framebuffer_create(struct drm_device *dev,
 	if (qxl_fb == NULL)
 		return NULL;

-	ret = qxl_framebuffer_init(dev, qxl_fb, mode_cmd, obj);
+	ret = qxl_framebuffer_init(dev, qxl_fb, mode_cmd, obj, &qxl_fb_funcs);
 	if (ret) {
 		kfree(qxl_fb);
 		drm_gem_object_unreference_unlocked(obj);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/qxl/qxl_drv.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/qxl/qxl_drv.h
index 3f3897e..3ad6604 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/qxl/qxl_drv.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/qxl/qxl_drv.h
@@ -324,8 +324,6 @@ struct qxl_device {
 	struct workqueue_struct *gc_queue;
 	struct work_struct gc_work;

-	struct work_struct fb_work;
-
 	struct drm_property *hotplug_mode_update_property;
 	int monitors_config_width;
 	int monitors_config_height;
@@ -389,11 +387,13 @@ int qxl_get_handle_for_primary_fb(struct qxl_device *qdev,
 void qxl_fbdev_set_suspend(struct qxl_device *qdev, int state);

 /* qxl_display.c */
+void qxl_user_framebuffer_destroy(struct drm_framebuffer *fb);
 int
 qxl_framebuffer_init(struct drm_device *dev,
 		     struct qxl_framebuffer *rfb,
 		     const struct drm_mode_fb_cmd2 *mode_cmd,
-		     struct drm_gem_object *obj);
+		     struct drm_gem_object *obj,
+		     const struct drm_framebuffer_funcs *funcs);
 void qxl_display_read_client_monitors_config(struct qxl_device *qdev);
 void qxl_send_monitors_config(struct qxl_device *qdev);
 int qxl_create_monitors_object(struct qxl_device *qdev);
@@ -553,7 +553,6 @@ int qxl_irq_init(struct qxl_device *qdev);
 irqreturn_t qxl_irq_handler(int irq, void *arg);

 /* qxl_fb.c */
-int qxl_fb_init(struct qxl_device *qdev);
 bool qxl_fbdev_qobj_is_fb(struct qxl_device *qdev, struct qxl_bo *qobj);

 int qxl_debugfs_add_files(struct qxl_device *qdev,
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/qxl/qxl_fb.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/qxl/qxl_fb.c
index 06f032d..e316973 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/qxl/qxl_fb.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/qxl/qxl_fb.c
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 #include "drm/drm.h"
 #include "drm/drm_crtc.h"
 #include "drm/drm_crtc_helper.h"
+#include "drm/drm_rect.h"
 #include "qxl_drv.h"

 #include "qxl_object.h"
@@ -46,15 +47,6 @@ struct qxl_fbdev {
 	struct list_head delayed_ops;
 	void *shadow;
 	int size;
-
-	/* dirty memory logging */
-	struct {
-		spinlock_t lock;
-		unsigned x1;
-		unsigned y1;
-		unsigned x2;
-		unsigned y2;
-	} dirty;
 };

 static void qxl_fb_image_init(struct qxl_fb_image *qxl_fb_image,
@@ -82,169 +74,18 @@ static void qxl_fb_image_init(struct qxl_fb_image *qxl_fb_image,
 	}
 }

-static void qxl_fb_dirty_flush(struct fb_info *info)
-{
-	struct qxl_fbdev *qfbdev = info->par;
-	struct qxl_device *qdev = qfbdev->qdev;
-	struct qxl_fb_image qxl_fb_image;
-	struct fb_image *image = &qxl_fb_image.fb_image;
-	unsigned long flags;
-	u32 x1, x2, y1, y2;
-
-	/* TODO: hard coding 32 bpp */
-	int stride = qfbdev->qfb.base.pitches[0];
-
-	spin_lock_irqsave(&qfbdev->dirty.lock, flags);
-
-	x1 = qfbdev->dirty.x1;
-	x2 = qfbdev->dirty.x2;
-	y1 = qfbdev->dirty.y1;
-	y2 = qfbdev->dirty.y2;
-	qfbdev->dirty.x1 = 0;
-	qfbdev->dirty.x2 = 0;
-	qfbdev->dirty.y1 = 0;
-	qfbdev->dirty.y2 = 0;
-
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&qfbdev->dirty.lock, flags);
-
-	/*
-	 * we are using a shadow draw buffer, at qdev->surface0_shadow
-	 */
-	qxl_io_log(qdev, "dirty x[%d, %d], y[%d, %d]", x1, x2, y1, y2);
-	image->dx = x1;
-	image->dy = y1;
-	image->width = x2 - x1 + 1;
-	image->height = y2 - y1 + 1;
-	image->fg_color = 0xffffffff; /* unused, just to avoid uninitialized
-					 warnings */
-	image->bg_color = 0;
-	image->depth = 32;	     /* TODO: take from somewhere? */
-	image->cmap.start = 0;
-	image->cmap.len = 0;
-	image->cmap.red = NULL;
-	image->cmap.green = NULL;
-	image->cmap.blue = NULL;
-	image->cmap.transp = NULL;
-	image->data = qfbdev->shadow + (x1 * 4) + (stride * y1);
-
-	qxl_fb_image_init(&qxl_fb_image, qdev, info, NULL);
-	qxl_draw_opaque_fb(&qxl_fb_image, stride);
-}
-
-static void qxl_dirty_update(struct qxl_fbdev *qfbdev,
-			     int x, int y, int width, int height)
-{
-	struct qxl_device *qdev = qfbdev->qdev;
-	unsigned long flags;
-	int x2, y2;
-
-	x2 = x + width - 1;
-	y2 = y + height - 1;
-
-	spin_lock_irqsave(&qfbdev->dirty.lock, flags);
-
-	if ((qfbdev->dirty.y2 - qfbdev->dirty.y1) &&
-	    (qfbdev->dirty.x2 - qfbdev->dirty.x1)) {
-		if (qfbdev->dirty.y1 < y)
-			y = qfbdev->dirty.y1;
-		if (qfbdev->dirty.y2 > y2)
-			y2 = qfbdev->dirty.y2;
-		if (qfbdev->dirty.x1 < x)
-			x = qfbdev->dirty.x1;
-		if (qfbdev->dirty.x2 > x2)
-			x2 = qfbdev->dirty.x2;
-	}
-
-	qfbdev->dirty.x1 = x;
-	qfbdev->dirty.x2 = x2;
-	qfbdev->dirty.y1 = y;
-	qfbdev->dirty.y2 = y2;
-
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&qfbdev->dirty.lock, flags);
-
-	schedule_work(&qdev->fb_work);
-}
-
-static void qxl_deferred_io(struct fb_info *info,
-			    struct list_head *pagelist)
-{
-	struct qxl_fbdev *qfbdev = info->par;
-	unsigned long start, end, min, max;
-	struct page *page;
-	int y1, y2;
-
-	min = ULONG_MAX;
-	max = 0;
-	list_for_each_entry(page, pagelist, lru) {
-		start = page->index << PAGE_SHIFT;
-		end = start + PAGE_SIZE - 1;
-		min = min(min, start);
-		max = max(max, end);
-	}
-
-	if (min < max) {
-		y1 = min / info->fix.line_length;
-		y2 = (max / info->fix.line_length) + 1;
-		qxl_dirty_update(qfbdev, 0, y1, info->var.xres, y2 - y1);
-	}
-};
-
 static struct fb_deferred_io qxl_defio = {
 	.delay		= QXL_DIRTY_DELAY,
-	.deferred_io	= qxl_deferred_io,
+	.deferred_io	= drm_fb_helper_deferred_io,
 };

-static void qxl_fb_fillrect(struct fb_info *info,
-			    const struct fb_fillrect *rect)
-{
-	struct qxl_fbdev *qfbdev = info->par;
-
-	sys_fillrect(info, rect);
-	qxl_dirty_update(qfbdev, rect->dx, rect->dy, rect->width,
-			 rect->height);
-}
-
-static void qxl_fb_copyarea(struct fb_info *info,
-			    const struct fb_copyarea *area)
-{
-	struct qxl_fbdev *qfbdev = info->par;
-
-	sys_copyarea(info, area);
-	qxl_dirty_update(qfbdev, area->dx, area->dy, area->width,
-			 area->height);
-}
-
-static void qxl_fb_imageblit(struct fb_info *info,
-			     const struct fb_image *image)
-{
-	struct qxl_fbdev *qfbdev = info->par;
-
-	sys_imageblit(info, image);
-	qxl_dirty_update(qfbdev, image->dx, image->dy, image->width,
-			 image->height);
-}
-
-static void qxl_fb_work(struct work_struct *work)
-{
-	struct qxl_device *qdev = container_of(work, struct qxl_device, fb_work);
-	struct qxl_fbdev *qfbdev = qdev->mode_info.qfbdev;
-
-	qxl_fb_dirty_flush(qfbdev->helper.fbdev);
-}
-
-int qxl_fb_init(struct qxl_device *qdev)
-{
-	INIT_WORK(&qdev->fb_work, qxl_fb_work);
-	return 0;
-}
-
 static struct fb_ops qxlfb_ops = {
 	.owner = THIS_MODULE,
 	.fb_check_var = drm_fb_helper_check_var,
 	.fb_set_par = drm_fb_helper_set_par, /* TODO: copy vmwgfx */
-	.fb_fillrect = qxl_fb_fillrect,
-	.fb_copyarea = qxl_fb_copyarea,
-	.fb_imageblit = qxl_fb_imageblit,
+	.fb_fillrect = drm_fb_helper_sys_fillrect,
+	.fb_copyarea = drm_fb_helper_sys_copyarea,
+	.fb_imageblit = drm_fb_helper_sys_imageblit,
 	.fb_pan_display = drm_fb_helper_pan_display,
 	.fb_blank = drm_fb_helper_blank,
 	.fb_setcmap = drm_fb_helper_setcmap,
@@ -338,6 +179,57 @@ out_unref:
 	return ret;
 }

+/*
+ * FIXME
+ * It should not be necessary to have a special dirty() callback for fbdev.
+ */
+static int qxlfb_framebuffer_dirty(struct drm_framebuffer *fb,
+				   struct drm_file *file_priv,
+				   unsigned flags, unsigned color,
+				   struct drm_clip_rect *clips,
+				   unsigned num_clips)
+{
+	struct qxl_device *qdev = fb->dev->dev_private;
+	struct fb_info *info = qdev->fbdev_info;
+	struct qxl_fbdev *qfbdev = info->par;
+	struct qxl_fb_image qxl_fb_image;
+	struct fb_image *image = &qxl_fb_image.fb_image;
+
+	/* TODO: hard coding 32 bpp */
+	int stride = qfbdev->qfb.base.pitches[0];
+
+	/*
+	 * we are using a shadow draw buffer, at qdev->surface0_shadow
+	 */
+	qxl_io_log(qdev, "dirty x[%d, %d], y[%d, %d]", clips->x1, clips->x2,
+		   clips->y1, clips->y2);
+	image->dx = clips->x1;
+	image->dy = clips->y1;
+	image->width = drm_clip_rect_width(clips);
+	image->height = drm_clip_rect_height(clips);
+	image->fg_color = 0xffffffff; /* unused, just to avoid uninitialized
+					 warnings */
+	image->bg_color = 0;
+	image->depth = 32;	     /* TODO: take from somewhere? */
+	image->cmap.start = 0;
+	image->cmap.len = 0;
+	image->cmap.red = NULL;
+	image->cmap.green = NULL;
+	image->cmap.blue = NULL;
+	image->cmap.transp = NULL;
+	image->data = qfbdev->shadow + (clips->x1 * 4) + (stride * clips->y1);
+
+	qxl_fb_image_init(&qxl_fb_image, qdev, info, NULL);
+	qxl_draw_opaque_fb(&qxl_fb_image, stride);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static const struct drm_framebuffer_funcs qxlfb_fb_funcs = {
+	.destroy = qxl_user_framebuffer_destroy,
+	.dirty = qxlfb_framebuffer_dirty,
+};
+
 static int qxlfb_create(struct qxl_fbdev *qfbdev,
 			struct drm_fb_helper_surface_size *sizes)
 {
@@ -383,7 +275,8 @@ static int qxlfb_create(struct qxl_fbdev *qfbdev,

 	info->par = qfbdev;

-	qxl_framebuffer_init(qdev->ddev, &qfbdev->qfb, &mode_cmd, gobj);
+	qxl_framebuffer_init(qdev->ddev, &qfbdev->qfb, &mode_cmd, gobj,
+			     &qxlfb_fb_funcs);

 	fb = &qfbdev->qfb.base;

@@ -504,7 +397,6 @@ int qxl_fbdev_init(struct qxl_device *qdev)
 	qfbdev->qdev = qdev;
 	qdev->mode_info.qfbdev = qfbdev;
 	spin_lock_init(&qfbdev->delayed_ops_lock);
-	spin_lock_init(&qfbdev->dirty.lock);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&qfbdev->delayed_ops);

 	drm_fb_helper_prepare(qdev->ddev, &qfbdev->helper,
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/qxl/qxl_kms.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/qxl/qxl_kms.c
index b2977a1..2319800 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/qxl/qxl_kms.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/qxl/qxl_kms.c
@@ -261,10 +261,6 @@ static int qxl_device_init(struct qxl_device *qdev,
 	qdev->gc_queue = create_singlethread_workqueue("qxl_gc");
 	INIT_WORK(&qdev->gc_work, qxl_gc_work);

-	r = qxl_fb_init(qdev);
-	if (r)
-		return r;
-
 	return 0;
 }

