diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c
index e79f87138f904fab707f824971e1a2f38a0526d2..b12085a8bfa6f1385bd76972287a7ae89e0230a9 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c
@@ -16221,6 +16221,9 @@ void intel_modeset_gem_init(struct drm_device *dev)
 
 void intel_connector_unregister(struct drm_connector *connector)
 {
+	struct intel_connector *intel_connector = to_intel_connector(connector);
+
+	intel_backlight_device_unregister(intel_connector);
 	intel_panel_destroy_backlight(connector);
 }
 
@@ -16230,8 +16233,6 @@ void intel_modeset_cleanup(struct drm_device *dev)
 
 	intel_disable_gt_powersave(dev_priv);
 
-	intel_backlight_unregister(dev);
-
 	/*
 	 * Interrupts and polling as the first thing to avoid creating havoc.
 	 * Too much stuff here (turning of connectors, ...) would
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_drv.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_drv.h
index adb63cc1f624a301532bb5c33d053896591144e7..65e60ff3b5530962d17558bf67acec3096a7c542 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_drv.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_drv.h
@@ -1488,7 +1488,14 @@ extern struct drm_display_mode *intel_find_panel_downclock(
 				struct drm_display_mode *fixed_mode,
 				struct drm_connector *connector);
 void intel_backlight_register(struct drm_device *dev);
-void intel_backlight_unregister(struct drm_device *dev);
+
+#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_BACKLIGHT_CLASS_DEVICE)
+void intel_backlight_device_unregister(struct intel_connector *connector);
+#else /* CONFIG_BACKLIGHT_CLASS_DEVICE */
+static inline void intel_backlight_device_unregister(struct intel_connector *connector)
+{
+}
+#endif /* CONFIG_BACKLIGHT_CLASS_DEVICE */
 
 
 /* intel_psr.c */
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_panel.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_panel.c
index f0b1602c32584a1a7bb15210d99d422fd1ecf3e2..bf721781c259d0e1ba716335680b46f92a28b7c1 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_panel.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_panel.c
@@ -1216,7 +1216,7 @@ static int intel_backlight_device_register(struct intel_connector *connector)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static void intel_backlight_device_unregister(struct intel_connector *connector)
+void intel_backlight_device_unregister(struct intel_connector *connector)
 {
 	struct intel_panel *panel = &connector->panel;
 
@@ -1230,9 +1230,6 @@ static int intel_backlight_device_register(struct intel_connector *connector)
 {
 	return 0;
 }
-static void intel_backlight_device_unregister(struct intel_connector *connector)
-{
-}
 #endif /* CONFIG_BACKLIGHT_CLASS_DEVICE */
 
 /*
@@ -1820,11 +1817,3 @@ void intel_backlight_register(struct drm_device *dev)
 	for_each_intel_connector(dev, connector)
 		intel_backlight_device_register(connector);
 }
-
-void intel_backlight_unregister(struct drm_device *dev)
-{
-	struct intel_connector *connector;
-
-	for_each_intel_connector(dev, connector)
-		intel_backlight_device_unregister(connector);
-}