diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_file.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_file.c
index 92d16724f9495c2cf70ef6d608c83da52fad1203..e25306c49cc6bbd4741dd879f961303631484e27 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_file.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_file.c
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ void drm_file_free(struct drm_file *file)
 	DRM_DEBUG("pid = %d, device = 0x%lx, open_count = %d\n",
 		  task_pid_nr(current),
 		  (long)old_encode_dev(file->minor->kdev->devt),
-		  dev->open_count);
+		  READ_ONCE(dev->open_count));
 
 	if (drm_core_check_feature(dev, DRIVER_LEGACY) &&
 	    dev->driver->preclose)
@@ -455,6 +455,40 @@ int drm_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_release);
 
+/**
+ * drm_release_noglobal - release method for DRM file
+ * @inode: device inode
+ * @filp: file pointer.
+ *
+ * This function may be used by drivers as their &file_operations.release
+ * method. It frees any resources associated with the open file prior to taking
+ * the drm_global_mutex, which then calls the &drm_driver.postclose driver
+ * callback. If this is the last open file for the DRM device also proceeds to
+ * call the &drm_driver.lastclose driver callback.
+ *
+ * RETURNS:
+ *
+ * Always succeeds and returns 0.
+ */
+int drm_release_noglobal(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
+{
+	struct drm_file *file_priv = filp->private_data;
+	struct drm_minor *minor = file_priv->minor;
+	struct drm_device *dev = minor->dev;
+
+	drm_close_helper(filp);
+
+	mutex_lock(&drm_global_mutex);
+	if (!--dev->open_count)
+		drm_lastclose(dev);
+	mutex_unlock(&drm_global_mutex);
+
+	drm_minor_release(minor);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_release_noglobal);
+
 /**
  * drm_read - read method for DRM file
  * @filp: file pointer
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.c
index 59525094d0e3c85e76aa3410165c07a86f7f4a33..b790896ed809bbedee0c8ddd80653edec81e27f7 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.c
@@ -2663,7 +2663,7 @@ const struct dev_pm_ops i915_pm_ops = {
 static const struct file_operations i915_driver_fops = {
 	.owner = THIS_MODULE,
 	.open = drm_open,
-	.release = drm_release,
+	.release = drm_release_noglobal,
 	.unlocked_ioctl = drm_ioctl,
 	.mmap = i915_gem_mmap,
 	.poll = drm_poll,
diff --git a/include/drm/drm_file.h b/include/drm/drm_file.h
index 8b099b3478176ec95b27f16b9f500a8d3c9a4f1b..19df8028a6c4d4fdc17932e7b80abf38e38bee32 100644
--- a/include/drm/drm_file.h
+++ b/include/drm/drm_file.h
@@ -374,6 +374,7 @@ int drm_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp);
 ssize_t drm_read(struct file *filp, char __user *buffer,
 		 size_t count, loff_t *offset);
 int drm_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp);
+int drm_release_noglobal(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp);
 __poll_t drm_poll(struct file *filp, struct poll_table_struct *wait);
 int drm_event_reserve_init_locked(struct drm_device *dev,
 				  struct drm_file *file_priv,