diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/omapdrm/dss/base.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/omapdrm/dss/base.c
index 991c424960c7d9666b5ba9fb2e4ff5a50014cf1b..2728589724961f2d8b8124d6c5d7d524c1f32d18 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/omapdrm/dss/base.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/omapdrm/dss/base.c
@@ -236,6 +236,15 @@ void omapdss_device_disconnect(struct omap_dss_device *src,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(omapdss_device_disconnect);
 
+enum omap_channel omapdss_device_get_dispc_channel(struct omap_dss_device *dssdev)
+{
+	while (dssdev->src)
+		dssdev = dssdev->src;
+
+	return dssdev->dispc_channel;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(omapdss_device_get_dispc_channel);
+
 /* -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  * Components Handling
  */
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/omapdrm/dss/omapdss.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/omapdrm/dss/omapdss.h
index 4df405ae20db11b60778fa5d399bab83dfc9d1d1..121bc953ba3161168ccd91a95a28ac374020f965 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/omapdrm/dss/omapdss.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/omapdrm/dss/omapdss.h
@@ -504,6 +504,7 @@ int omapdss_device_connect(struct dss_device *dss,
 			   struct omap_dss_device *dst);
 void omapdss_device_disconnect(struct omap_dss_device *src,
 			       struct omap_dss_device *dst);
+enum omap_channel omapdss_device_get_dispc_channel(struct omap_dss_device *dssdev);
 
 int omap_dss_get_num_overlay_managers(void);
 
@@ -513,8 +514,6 @@ int omapdss_output_set_device(struct omap_dss_device *out,
 		struct omap_dss_device *dssdev);
 int omapdss_output_unset_device(struct omap_dss_device *out);
 
-struct omap_dss_device *omapdss_find_output_from_display(struct omap_dss_device *dssdev);
-
 typedef void (*omap_dispc_isr_t) (void *arg, u32 mask);
 int omap_dispc_register_isr(omap_dispc_isr_t isr, void *arg, u32 mask);
 int omap_dispc_unregister_isr(omap_dispc_isr_t isr, void *arg, u32 mask);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/omapdrm/dss/output.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/omapdrm/dss/output.c
index a5df6eed4aefa7f5df8c8295382ea099df95cffa..191b2e801257e0af23dc051aaf36ac20e6f56ee0 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/omapdrm/dss/output.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/omapdrm/dss/output.c
@@ -88,18 +88,6 @@ int omapdss_output_unset_device(struct omap_dss_device *out)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(omapdss_output_unset_device);
 
-struct omap_dss_device *omapdss_find_output_from_display(struct omap_dss_device *dssdev)
-{
-	while (dssdev->src)
-		dssdev = dssdev->src;
-
-	if (dssdev->id != 0)
-		return omapdss_device_get(dssdev);
-
-	return NULL;
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(omapdss_find_output_from_display);
-
 int dss_install_mgr_ops(struct dss_device *dss,
 			const struct dss_mgr_ops *mgr_ops,
 			struct omap_drm_private *priv)
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/omapdrm/omap_crtc.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/omapdrm/omap_crtc.c
index 4ddc4ed18b4717852f980529a35223382c4057fa..c5f1915aef674ad8488b365d456a8ac04d065fa6 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/omapdrm/omap_crtc.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/omapdrm/omap_crtc.c
@@ -699,12 +699,9 @@ struct drm_crtc *omap_crtc_init(struct drm_device *dev,
 	struct drm_crtc *crtc = NULL;
 	struct omap_crtc *omap_crtc;
 	enum omap_channel channel;
-	struct omap_dss_device *out;
 	int ret;
 
-	out = omapdss_find_output_from_display(dssdev);
-	channel = out->dispc_channel;
-	omapdss_device_put(out);
+	channel = omapdss_device_get_dispc_channel(dssdev);
 
 	DBG("%s", channel_names[channel]);