diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_bridge.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_bridge.c
index 850bd6509ef1122d258dd2574f917833dcbeae6e..cd10095e8d00ae89eba02108d572b16593da4884 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_bridge.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_bridge.c
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@
 #include <drm/drm_bridge.h>
 #include <drm/drm_encoder.h>
 
+#include "drm_crtc_internal.h"
+
 /**
  * DOC: overview
  *
@@ -145,16 +147,6 @@ int drm_bridge_attach(struct drm_encoder *encoder, struct drm_bridge *bridge,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_bridge_attach);
 
-/**
- * drm_bridge_detach - deassociate given bridge from its DRM device
- *
- * @bridge: bridge control structure
- *
- * Called by a kms driver to unlink the given bridge from its DRM device.
- *
- * Note that tearing down links between the bridge and our encoder/bridge
- * objects needs to be handled by the kms driver itself.
- */
 void drm_bridge_detach(struct drm_bridge *bridge)
 {
 	if (WARN_ON(!bridge))
@@ -168,7 +160,6 @@ void drm_bridge_detach(struct drm_bridge *bridge)
 
 	bridge->dev = NULL;
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_bridge_detach);
 
 /**
  * DOC: bridge callbacks
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_crtc_internal.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_crtc_internal.h
index cdf6860c9d2297a40acae8684296b067d35dd7d4..42471dfc740506134ba584640012ed1af06e3952 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_crtc_internal.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_crtc_internal.h
@@ -186,6 +186,9 @@ void drm_plane_unregister_all(struct drm_device *dev);
 int drm_plane_check_pixel_format(const struct drm_plane *plane,
 				 u32 format);
 
+/* drm_bridge.c */
+void drm_bridge_detach(struct drm_bridge *bridge);
+
 /* IOCTL */
 int drm_mode_getplane_res(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
 			  struct drm_file *file_priv);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_encoder.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_encoder.c
index 992879f15f237b5ccd42e7f5300c851e35f3bcf1..0944f08abf58612d8ae13f137ad600b687836c67 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_encoder.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_encoder.c
@@ -159,6 +159,9 @@ void drm_encoder_cleanup(struct drm_encoder *encoder)
 	 * the indices on the drm_encoder after us in the encoder_list.
 	 */
 
+	if (encoder->bridge)
+		drm_bridge_detach(encoder->bridge);
+
 	drm_mode_object_unregister(dev, &encoder->base);
 	kfree(encoder->name);
 	list_del(&encoder->head);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_simple_kms_helper.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_simple_kms_helper.c
index ba7be616933996a6588c45137810d38c640cff73..3cc42f5dfba1fdd0c33a3afcd6deac0bd5f47b16 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_simple_kms_helper.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_simple_kms_helper.c
@@ -186,23 +186,6 @@ int drm_simple_display_pipe_attach_bridge(struct drm_simple_display_pipe *pipe,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_simple_display_pipe_attach_bridge);
 
-/**
- * drm_simple_display_pipe_detach_bridge - Detach the bridge from the display pipe
- * @pipe: simple display pipe object
- *
- * Detaches the drm bridge previously attached with
- * drm_simple_display_pipe_attach_bridge()
- */
-void drm_simple_display_pipe_detach_bridge(struct drm_simple_display_pipe *pipe)
-{
-	if (WARN_ON(!pipe->encoder.bridge))
-		return;
-
-	drm_bridge_detach(pipe->encoder.bridge);
-	pipe->encoder.bridge = NULL;
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_simple_display_pipe_detach_bridge);
-
 /**
  * drm_simple_display_pipe_init - Initialize a simple display pipeline
  * @dev: DRM device
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/imx/imx-ldb.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/imx/imx-ldb.c
index ec49ea3d8e4088b139f35f3c73facfe96a5e16f7..88cd11d301341748245e4edc79170dc9fc223a57 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/imx/imx-ldb.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/imx/imx-ldb.c
@@ -736,8 +736,6 @@ static void imx_ldb_unbind(struct device *dev, struct device *master,
 	for (i = 0; i < 2; i++) {
 		struct imx_ldb_channel *channel = &imx_ldb->channel[i];
 
-		if (channel->bridge)
-			drm_bridge_detach(channel->bridge);
 		if (channel->panel)
 			drm_panel_detach(channel->panel);
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/imx/parallel-display.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/imx/parallel-display.c
index 51d9f735c35841bd1c3b168e56bccdd509a9da2d..d5c06fd89f9094f09c9565da68df1dfc15fcf089 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/imx/parallel-display.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/imx/parallel-display.c
@@ -284,8 +284,6 @@ static void imx_pd_unbind(struct device *dev, struct device *master,
 {
 	struct imx_parallel_display *imxpd = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
 
-	if (imxpd->bridge)
-		drm_bridge_detach(imxpd->bridge);
 	if (imxpd->panel)
 		drm_panel_detach(imxpd->panel);
 
diff --git a/include/drm/drm_bridge.h b/include/drm/drm_bridge.h
index 94e5ee96b3b5acf82388a0ac5f1a6fadcc799aad..435be20029f748c7814d248dad1095048b9962ff 100644
--- a/include/drm/drm_bridge.h
+++ b/include/drm/drm_bridge.h
@@ -203,7 +203,6 @@ void drm_bridge_remove(struct drm_bridge *bridge);
 struct drm_bridge *of_drm_find_bridge(struct device_node *np);
 int drm_bridge_attach(struct drm_encoder *encoder, struct drm_bridge *bridge,
 		      struct drm_bridge *previous);
-void drm_bridge_detach(struct drm_bridge *bridge);
 
 bool drm_bridge_mode_fixup(struct drm_bridge *bridge,
 			const struct drm_display_mode *mode,
diff --git a/include/drm/drm_simple_kms_helper.h b/include/drm/drm_simple_kms_helper.h
index 01a8436ccb0a9b02ff38df34857ec1bac9ba8a6f..2bbc610ec3a2ba608ac69288e32dea713e504d2c 100644
--- a/include/drm/drm_simple_kms_helper.h
+++ b/include/drm/drm_simple_kms_helper.h
@@ -114,8 +114,6 @@ struct drm_simple_display_pipe {
 int drm_simple_display_pipe_attach_bridge(struct drm_simple_display_pipe *pipe,
 					  struct drm_bridge *bridge);
 
-void drm_simple_display_pipe_detach_bridge(struct drm_simple_display_pipe *pipe);
-
 int drm_simple_display_pipe_init(struct drm_device *dev,
 			struct drm_simple_display_pipe *pipe,
 			const struct drm_simple_display_pipe_funcs *funcs,