diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_drv.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_drv.c
index 184340d486c377d38a2f21bb66cc56385a52d37b..86d25f18aa992745e9c4ebb3c89e2bd3199212b9 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_drv.c
@@ -1337,6 +1337,19 @@ static void __vmw_svga_disable(struct vmw_private *dev_priv)
  */
 void vmw_svga_disable(struct vmw_private *dev_priv)
 {
+	/*
+	 * Disabling SVGA will turn off device modesetting capabilities, so
+	 * notify KMS about that so that it doesn't cache atomic state that
+	 * isn't valid anymore, for example crtcs turned on.
+	 * Strictly we'd want to do this under the SVGA lock (or an SVGA mutex),
+	 * but vmw_kms_lost_device() takes the reservation sem and thus we'll
+	 * end up with lock order reversal. Thus, a master may actually perform
+	 * a new modeset just after we call vmw_kms_lost_device() and race with
+	 * vmw_svga_disable(), but that should at worst cause atomic KMS state
+	 * to be inconsistent with the device, causing modesetting problems.
+	 *
+	 */
+	vmw_kms_lost_device(dev_priv->dev);
 	ttm_write_lock(&dev_priv->reservation_sem, false);
 	spin_lock(&dev_priv->svga_lock);
 	if (dev_priv->bdev.man[TTM_PL_VRAM].use_type) {
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_drv.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_drv.h
index d08753e8fd94f077b3815f2d64f5ac63d0cdd7f2..9116fe8baebcab24575a0b6dc329578ac4db0b40 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_drv.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_drv.h
@@ -938,6 +938,7 @@ int vmw_kms_present(struct vmw_private *dev_priv,
 int vmw_kms_update_layout_ioctl(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
 				struct drm_file *file_priv);
 void vmw_kms_legacy_hotspot_clear(struct vmw_private *dev_priv);
+void vmw_kms_lost_device(struct drm_device *dev);
 
 int vmw_dumb_create(struct drm_file *file_priv,
 		    struct drm_device *dev,
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_kms.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_kms.c
index ead61015cd79ceb0a2602615c72cddf7020da85d..b3d62aa01a9b2e9ad82fd6ccd345436b1954ea99 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_kms.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_kms.c
@@ -2851,3 +2851,14 @@ int vmw_kms_set_config(struct drm_mode_set *set,
 
 	return drm_atomic_helper_set_config(set, ctx);
 }
+
+
+/**
+ * vmw_kms_lost_device - Notify kms that modesetting capabilities will be lost
+ *
+ * @dev: Pointer to the drm device
+ */
+void vmw_kms_lost_device(struct drm_device *dev)
+{
+	drm_atomic_helper_shutdown(dev);
+}
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_kms.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_kms.h
index cd9da2dd79af1a062d4aaa3d6b6ded468bd4207e..948362c43c733fdd12b02f8a6683785c40b2e9d6 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_kms.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_kms.h
@@ -439,5 +439,4 @@ int vmw_kms_stdu_dma(struct vmw_private *dev_priv,
 
 int vmw_kms_set_config(struct drm_mode_set *set,
 		       struct drm_modeset_acquire_ctx *ctx);
-
 #endif