diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_crtc.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_crtc.c
index 49781a9f8a94f2694806bf2e336b71b4c76644f2..7675826c63f214f8c385a5ea9dffe9d7029b4fe1 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_crtc.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_crtc.c
@@ -1078,25 +1078,25 @@ void drm_connector_unregister(struct drm_connector *connector)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_connector_unregister);
 
-
 /**
- * drm_connector_unplug_all - unregister connector userspace interfaces
+ * drm_connector_unregister_all - unregister connector userspace interfaces
  * @dev: drm device
  *
- * This function unregisters all connector userspace interfaces in sysfs. Should
- * be call when the device is disconnected, e.g. from an usb driver's
- * ->disconnect callback.
+ * This functions unregisters all connectors from sysfs and other places so
+ * that userspace can no longer access them. Drivers should call this as the
+ * first step tearing down the device instace, or when the underlying
+ * physical device disappeared (e.g. USB unplug), right before calling
+ * drm_dev_unregister().
  */
-void drm_connector_unplug_all(struct drm_device *dev)
+void drm_connector_unregister_all(struct drm_device *dev)
 {
 	struct drm_connector *connector;
 
 	/* FIXME: taking the mode config mutex ends up in a clash with sysfs */
-	list_for_each_entry(connector, &dev->mode_config.connector_list, head)
+	drm_for_each_connector(connector, dev)
 		drm_connector_unregister(connector);
-
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_connector_unplug_all);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_connector_unregister_all);
 
 /**
  * drm_encoder_init - Init a preallocated encoder
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/rcar-du/rcar_du_drv.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/rcar-du/rcar_du_drv.c
index ed6006bf6bd8938c3aa94903de31fe64b521db6c..644db36d0d20316fae82e1eb16987ab687f5c7c2 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/rcar-du/rcar_du_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/rcar-du/rcar_du_drv.c
@@ -278,10 +278,7 @@ static int rcar_du_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	struct rcar_du_device *rcdu = platform_get_drvdata(pdev);
 	struct drm_device *ddev = rcdu->ddev;
 
-	mutex_lock(&ddev->mode_config.mutex);
-	drm_connector_unplug_all(ddev);
-	mutex_unlock(&ddev->mode_config.mutex);
-
+	drm_connector_unregister_all(ddev);
 	drm_dev_unregister(ddev);
 
 	if (rcdu->fbdev)
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/udl/udl_drv.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/udl/udl_drv.c
index 772ec9e1f590f5a0a01947b97ae3356829fd73da..c20408940cd0685eb1c32c45d0927980e560c8ab 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/udl/udl_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/udl/udl_drv.c
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ static void udl_usb_disconnect(struct usb_interface *interface)
 	struct drm_device *dev = usb_get_intfdata(interface);
 
 	drm_kms_helper_poll_disable(dev);
-	drm_connector_unplug_all(dev);
+	drm_connector_unregister_all(dev);
 	udl_fbdev_unplug(dev);
 	udl_drop_usb(dev);
 	drm_unplug_dev(dev);
diff --git a/include/drm/drm_crtc.h b/include/drm/drm_crtc.h
index f048a7b06529488ed6f6ad2de7c7de98e3d120da..12f2bd4cf38a9e89b13c64674071677685dc2367 100644
--- a/include/drm/drm_crtc.h
+++ b/include/drm/drm_crtc.h
@@ -2253,8 +2253,8 @@ void drm_connector_unregister(struct drm_connector *connector);
 
 extern void drm_connector_cleanup(struct drm_connector *connector);
 extern unsigned int drm_connector_index(struct drm_connector *connector);
-/* helper to unplug all connectors from sysfs for device */
-extern void drm_connector_unplug_all(struct drm_device *dev);
+/* helper to unregister all connectors from sysfs for device */
+extern void drm_connector_unregister_all(struct drm_device *dev);
 
 extern int drm_bridge_add(struct drm_bridge *bridge);
 extern void drm_bridge_remove(struct drm_bridge *bridge);