diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/tilcdc/tilcdc_crtc.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/tilcdc/tilcdc_crtc.c
index e9dd5e5cb4e7..1856962411c7 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/tilcdc/tilcdc_crtc.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/tilcdc/tilcdc_crtc.c
@@ -537,6 +537,18 @@ static void tilcdc_crtc_atomic_disable(struct drm_crtc *crtc,
 	tilcdc_crtc_disable(crtc);
 }
 
+static void tilcdc_crtc_atomic_flush(struct drm_crtc *crtc,
+				     struct drm_crtc_state *old_state)
+{
+	if (!crtc->state->event)
+		return;
+
+	spin_lock_irq(&crtc->dev->event_lock);
+	drm_crtc_send_vblank_event(crtc, crtc->state->event);
+	crtc->state->event = NULL;
+	spin_unlock_irq(&crtc->dev->event_lock);
+}
+
 void tilcdc_crtc_shutdown(struct drm_crtc *crtc)
 {
 	tilcdc_crtc_off(crtc, true);
@@ -822,6 +834,7 @@ static const struct drm_crtc_helper_funcs tilcdc_crtc_helper_funcs = {
 	.atomic_check	= tilcdc_crtc_atomic_check,
 	.atomic_enable	= tilcdc_crtc_atomic_enable,
 	.atomic_disable	= tilcdc_crtc_atomic_disable,
+	.atomic_flush	= tilcdc_crtc_atomic_flush,
 };
 
 void tilcdc_crtc_set_panel_info(struct drm_crtc *crtc,
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/tilcdc/tilcdc_drv.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/tilcdc/tilcdc_drv.c
index 0d74a6443263..4f5fc3e87383 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/tilcdc/tilcdc_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/tilcdc/tilcdc_drv.c
@@ -87,55 +87,10 @@ static int tilcdc_atomic_check(struct drm_device *dev,
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static int tilcdc_commit(struct drm_device *dev,
-		  struct drm_atomic_state *state,
-		  bool async)
-{
-	int ret;
-
-	ret = drm_atomic_helper_prepare_planes(dev, state);
-	if (ret)
-		return ret;
-
-	ret = drm_atomic_helper_swap_state(state, true);
-	if (ret) {
-		drm_atomic_helper_cleanup_planes(dev, state);
-		return ret;
-	}
-
-	/*
-	 * 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(dev, state);
-
-	drm_atomic_helper_commit_planes(dev, state, 0);
-
-	drm_atomic_helper_commit_modeset_enables(dev, state);
-
-	drm_atomic_helper_wait_for_vblanks(dev, state);
-
-	drm_atomic_helper_cleanup_planes(dev, state);
-
-	return 0;
-}
-
 static const struct drm_mode_config_funcs mode_config_funcs = {
 	.fb_create = drm_gem_fb_create,
 	.atomic_check = tilcdc_atomic_check,
-	.atomic_commit = tilcdc_commit,
+	.atomic_commit = drm_atomic_helper_commit,
 };
 
 static void modeset_init(struct drm_device *dev)
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/tilcdc/tilcdc_plane.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/tilcdc/tilcdc_plane.c
index 0d09b31ae759..2f681a713815 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/tilcdc/tilcdc_plane.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/tilcdc/tilcdc_plane.c
@@ -83,9 +83,11 @@ static void tilcdc_plane_atomic_update(struct drm_plane *plane,
 	if (WARN_ON(!state->fb || !state->crtc->state))
 		return;
 
-	tilcdc_crtc_update_fb(state->crtc,
-			      state->fb,
-			      state->crtc->state->event);
+	if (tilcdc_crtc_update_fb(state->crtc,
+				  state->fb,
+				  state->crtc->state->event) == 0) {
+		state->crtc->state->event = NULL;
+	}
 }
 
 static const struct drm_plane_helper_funcs plane_helper_funcs = {