diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_dma.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_dma.c
index 561ad8d537bf2cfde202e489d02e18881abc4485..37bab58f1edf8b37056abacc498a5546c33561c1 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_dma.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_dma.c
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@
 
 #define pr_fmt(fmt) KBUILD_MODNAME ": " fmt
 
-#include <linux/async.h>
 #include <drm/drmP.h>
 #include <drm/drm_crtc_helper.h>
 #include <drm/drm_fb_helper.h>
@@ -469,7 +468,7 @@ static int i915_load_modeset_init(struct drm_device *dev)
 	 * scanning against hotplug events. Hence do this first and ignore the
 	 * tiny window where we will loose hotplug notifactions.
 	 */
-	async_schedule(intel_fbdev_initial_config, dev_priv);
+	intel_fbdev_initial_config_async(dev);
 
 	drm_kms_helper_poll_init(dev);
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_drv.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_drv.h
index 3f80816dea697354269cde8a42ba507187ea1ea3..e3794d3fdb62df6da685ba0408c3ac44a095a7f8 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_drv.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_drv.h
@@ -1297,7 +1297,7 @@ void intel_dvo_init(struct drm_device *dev);
 /* legacy fbdev emulation in intel_fbdev.c */
 #ifdef CONFIG_DRM_FBDEV_EMULATION
 extern int intel_fbdev_init(struct drm_device *dev);
-extern void intel_fbdev_initial_config(void *data, async_cookie_t cookie);
+extern void intel_fbdev_initial_config_async(struct drm_device *dev);
 extern void intel_fbdev_fini(struct drm_device *dev);
 extern void intel_fbdev_set_suspend(struct drm_device *dev, int state, bool synchronous);
 extern void intel_fbdev_output_poll_changed(struct drm_device *dev);
@@ -1308,7 +1308,7 @@ static inline int intel_fbdev_init(struct drm_device *dev)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static inline void intel_fbdev_initial_config(void *data, async_cookie_t cookie)
+static inline void intel_fbdev_initial_config_async(struct drm_device *dev)
 {
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_fbdev.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_fbdev.c
index db82ad45de13c8d358337841cb249cf5af214d62..98772d37b09f2bccc58f3ca34bf5344ae4831b71 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_fbdev.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_fbdev.c
@@ -705,7 +705,7 @@ int intel_fbdev_init(struct drm_device *dev)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-void intel_fbdev_initial_config(void *data, async_cookie_t cookie)
+static void intel_fbdev_initial_config(void *data, async_cookie_t cookie)
 {
 	struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv = data;
 	struct intel_fbdev *ifbdev = dev_priv->fbdev;
@@ -714,6 +714,11 @@ void intel_fbdev_initial_config(void *data, async_cookie_t cookie)
 	drm_fb_helper_initial_config(&ifbdev->helper, ifbdev->preferred_bpp);
 }
 
+void intel_fbdev_initial_config_async(struct drm_device *dev)
+{
+	async_schedule(intel_fbdev_initial_config, to_i915(dev));
+}
+
 void intel_fbdev_fini(struct drm_device *dev)
 {
 	struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv = dev->dev_private;