diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/arm/hdlcd_crtc.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/arm/hdlcd_crtc.c
index d1e8d31e37ee64409125b9e0113b14cd9e8e6e64..97326c3d7a3a2bead337a53f2e39b320256e20c0 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/arm/hdlcd_crtc.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/arm/hdlcd_crtc.c
@@ -189,19 +189,17 @@ static void hdlcd_crtc_atomic_begin(struct drm_crtc *crtc,
 				    struct drm_crtc_state *state)
 {
 	struct hdlcd_drm_private *hdlcd = crtc_to_hdlcd_priv(crtc);
-	unsigned long flags;
-
-	if (crtc->state->event) {
-		struct drm_pending_vblank_event *event = crtc->state->event;
+	struct drm_pending_vblank_event *event = crtc->state->event;
 
+	if (event) {
 		crtc->state->event = NULL;
-		event->pipe = drm_crtc_index(crtc);
-
-		WARN_ON(drm_crtc_vblank_get(crtc) != 0);
 
-		spin_lock_irqsave(&crtc->dev->event_lock, flags);
-		list_add_tail(&event->base.link, &hdlcd->event_list);
-		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&crtc->dev->event_lock, flags);
+		spin_lock_irq(&crtc->dev->event_lock);
+		if (drm_crtc_vblank_get(crtc) == 0)
+			drm_crtc_arm_vblank_event(crtc, event);
+		else
+			drm_crtc_send_vblank_event(crtc, event);
+		spin_unlock_irq(&crtc->dev->event_lock);
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/arm/hdlcd_drv.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/arm/hdlcd_drv.c
index 21b1427fc91859a3881da9d2aff04e0853f3d2e1..fb172d252492436c57928aab5005eb4a9ba1da36 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/arm/hdlcd_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/arm/hdlcd_drv.c
@@ -49,8 +49,6 @@ static int hdlcd_load(struct drm_device *drm, unsigned long flags)
 	atomic_set(&hdlcd->dma_end_count, 0);
 #endif
 
-	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&hdlcd->event_list);
-
 	res = platform_get_resource(pdev, IORESOURCE_MEM, 0);
 	hdlcd->mmio = devm_ioremap_resource(drm->dev, res);
 	if (IS_ERR(hdlcd->mmio)) {
@@ -160,24 +158,9 @@ static irqreturn_t hdlcd_irq(int irq, void *arg)
 		atomic_inc(&hdlcd->vsync_count);
 
 #endif
-	if (irq_status & HDLCD_INTERRUPT_VSYNC) {
-		bool events_sent = false;
-		unsigned long flags;
-		struct drm_pending_vblank_event	*e, *t;
-
+	if (irq_status & HDLCD_INTERRUPT_VSYNC)
 		drm_crtc_handle_vblank(&hdlcd->crtc);
 
-		spin_lock_irqsave(&drm->event_lock, flags);
-		list_for_each_entry_safe(e, t, &hdlcd->event_list, base.link) {
-			list_del(&e->base.link);
-			drm_crtc_send_vblank_event(&hdlcd->crtc, e);
-			events_sent = true;
-		}
-		if (events_sent)
-			drm_crtc_vblank_put(&hdlcd->crtc);
-		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&drm->event_lock, flags);
-	}
-
 	/* acknowledge interrupt(s) */
 	hdlcd_write(hdlcd, HDLCD_REG_INT_CLEAR, irq_status);
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/arm/hdlcd_drv.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/arm/hdlcd_drv.h
index e7cea823395859ea0b37bf82f20a345c12838ac8..922a1dc7cb881a43f76c2ae56681cba49a2f8a31 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/arm/hdlcd_drv.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/arm/hdlcd_drv.h
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ struct hdlcd_drm_private {
 	struct clk			*clk;
 	struct drm_fbdev_cma		*fbdev;
 	struct drm_framebuffer		*fb;
-	struct list_head		event_list;
 	struct drm_crtc			crtc;
 	struct drm_plane		*plane;
 	struct drm_atomic_state		*state;