diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_display.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_display.c
index 7e88cd7f2b995c199dc856d63998327c07bf7fa0..017d4ea12b1ee03534685c703dd3ae4722eff71b 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_display.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_display.c
@@ -147,11 +147,56 @@ nouveau_user_framebuffer_create(struct drm_device *dev,
 	return &nouveau_fb->base;
 }
 
-const struct drm_mode_config_funcs nouveau_mode_config_funcs = {
+static const struct drm_mode_config_funcs nouveau_mode_config_funcs = {
 	.fb_create = nouveau_user_framebuffer_create,
 	.output_poll_changed = nouveau_fbcon_output_poll_changed,
 };
 
+int
+nouveau_display_create(struct drm_device *dev)
+{
+	struct drm_nouveau_private *dev_priv = dev->dev_private;
+	struct nouveau_display_engine *disp = &dev_priv->engine.display;
+	int ret;
+
+	drm_mode_config_init(dev);
+	drm_mode_create_scaling_mode_property(dev);
+	drm_mode_create_dithering_property(dev);
+
+	dev->mode_config.funcs = (void *)&nouveau_mode_config_funcs;
+	dev->mode_config.fb_base = pci_resource_start(dev->pdev, 1);
+
+	dev->mode_config.min_width = 0;
+	dev->mode_config.min_height = 0;
+	if (dev_priv->card_type < NV_10) {
+		dev->mode_config.max_width = 2048;
+		dev->mode_config.max_height = 2048;
+	} else
+	if (dev_priv->card_type < NV_50) {
+		dev->mode_config.max_width = 4096;
+		dev->mode_config.max_height = 4096;
+	} else {
+		dev->mode_config.max_width = 8192;
+		dev->mode_config.max_height = 8192;
+	}
+
+	ret = disp->create(dev);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+void
+nouveau_display_destroy(struct drm_device *dev)
+{
+	struct drm_nouveau_private *dev_priv = dev->dev_private;
+	struct nouveau_display_engine *disp = &dev_priv->engine.display;
+
+	disp->destroy(dev);
+	drm_mode_config_cleanup(dev);
+}
+
 int
 nouveau_vblank_enable(struct drm_device *dev, int crtc)
 {
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_drv.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_drv.h
index c99490d6ee7c89c0fe7a95913c56a1b2fbaf52e1..a55bae1e1e502da9d50d41274377598ecc6adc41 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_drv.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_drv.h
@@ -1442,6 +1442,8 @@ extern int nouveau_gem_ioctl_info(struct drm_device *, void *,
 				  struct drm_file *);
 
 /* nouveau_display.c */
+int nouveau_display_create(struct drm_device *dev);
+void nouveau_display_destroy(struct drm_device *dev);
 int nouveau_vblank_enable(struct drm_device *dev, int crtc);
 void nouveau_vblank_disable(struct drm_device *dev, int crtc);
 int nouveau_crtc_page_flip(struct drm_crtc *crtc, struct drm_framebuffer *fb,
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_fb.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_fb.h
index f4dd301508796ae56fd8036bef97c2ceea5acbd1..f3fb649fe45426cd509e3d7a990346c1339921a2 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_fb.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_fb.h
@@ -42,8 +42,6 @@ nouveau_framebuffer(struct drm_framebuffer *fb)
 	return container_of(fb, struct nouveau_framebuffer, base);
 }
 
-extern const struct drm_mode_config_funcs nouveau_mode_config_funcs;
-
 int nouveau_framebuffer_init(struct drm_device *dev, struct nouveau_framebuffer *nouveau_fb,
 			     struct drm_mode_fb_cmd2 *mode_cmd, struct nouveau_bo *nvbo);
 #endif /* __NOUVEAU_FB_H__ */
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_state.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_state.c
index 3d5cf6bb1c743dc40670a1905b30f6e184bf9130..f3ee58283af0aa8e9a8dbe12bf3e3c9e1a821475 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_state.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_state.c
@@ -733,27 +733,7 @@ nouveau_card_init(struct drm_device *dev)
 	if (ret)
 		goto out_fifo;
 
-	/* initialise general modesetting */
-	drm_mode_config_init(dev);
-	drm_mode_create_scaling_mode_property(dev);
-	drm_mode_create_dithering_property(dev);
-	dev->mode_config.funcs = (void *)&nouveau_mode_config_funcs;
-	dev->mode_config.fb_base = pci_resource_start(dev->pdev, 1);
-	dev->mode_config.min_width = 0;
-	dev->mode_config.min_height = 0;
-	if (dev_priv->card_type < NV_10) {
-		dev->mode_config.max_width = 2048;
-		dev->mode_config.max_height = 2048;
-	} else
-	if (dev_priv->card_type < NV_50) {
-		dev->mode_config.max_width = 4096;
-		dev->mode_config.max_height = 4096;
-	} else {
-		dev->mode_config.max_width = 8192;
-		dev->mode_config.max_height = 8192;
-	}
-
-	ret = engine->display.create(dev);
+	ret = nouveau_display_create(dev);
 	if (ret)
 		goto out_irq;
 
@@ -789,7 +769,7 @@ nouveau_card_init(struct drm_device *dev)
 	nouveau_fence_fini(dev);
 out_disp:
 	nouveau_backlight_exit(dev);
-	engine->display.destroy(dev);
+	nouveau_display_destroy(dev);
 out_irq:
 	nouveau_irq_fini(dev);
 out_fifo:
@@ -850,8 +830,7 @@ static void nouveau_card_takedown(struct drm_device *dev)
 	}
 
 	nouveau_backlight_exit(dev);
-	engine->display.destroy(dev);
-	drm_mode_config_cleanup(dev);
+	nouveau_display_destroy(dev);
 
 	if (!dev_priv->noaccel) {
 		engine->fifo.takedown(dev);