diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/mdp/mdp4/mdp4_crtc.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/mdp/mdp4/mdp4_crtc.c
index 3e6c0f3ed592a6b746610b9b6dd1986e50e1ace7..ef9957dbac943bdda6a1e6fd9bca142ebb202cef 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/mdp/mdp4/mdp4_crtc.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/mdp/mdp4/mdp4_crtc.c
@@ -510,9 +510,8 @@ static void update_cursor(struct drm_crtc *crtc)
 					MDP4_DMA_CURSOR_BLEND_CONFIG_CURSOR_EN);
 		} else {
 			/* disable cursor: */
-			mdp4_write(mdp4_kms, REG_MDP4_DMA_CURSOR_BASE(dma), 0);
-			mdp4_write(mdp4_kms, REG_MDP4_DMA_CURSOR_BLEND_CONFIG(dma),
-					MDP4_DMA_CURSOR_BLEND_CONFIG_FORMAT(CURSOR_ARGB));
+			mdp4_write(mdp4_kms, REG_MDP4_DMA_CURSOR_BASE(dma),
+					mdp4_kms->blank_cursor_iova);
 		}
 
 		/* and drop the iova ref + obj rev when done scanning out: */
@@ -574,11 +573,9 @@ static int mdp4_crtc_cursor_set(struct drm_crtc *crtc,
 
 	if (old_bo) {
 		/* drop our previous reference: */
-		msm_gem_put_iova(old_bo, mdp4_kms->id);
-		drm_gem_object_unreference_unlocked(old_bo);
+		drm_flip_work_queue(&mdp4_crtc->unref_cursor_work, old_bo);
 	}
 
-	crtc_flush(crtc);
 	request_pending(crtc, PENDING_CURSOR);
 
 	return 0;
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/mdp/mdp4/mdp4_irq.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/mdp/mdp4/mdp4_irq.c
index c740ccd1cc67fb4d1a08ef6a65efc671daec8595..8edd531cb62166ad1291be18ffc26ba033cbc71d 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/mdp/mdp4/mdp4_irq.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/mdp/mdp4/mdp4_irq.c
@@ -70,12 +70,12 @@ irqreturn_t mdp4_irq(struct msm_kms *kms)
 
 	VERB("status=%08x", status);
 
+	mdp_dispatch_irqs(mdp_kms, status);
+
 	for (id = 0; id < priv->num_crtcs; id++)
 		if (status & mdp4_crtc_vblank(priv->crtcs[id]))
 			drm_handle_vblank(dev, id);
 
-	mdp_dispatch_irqs(mdp_kms, status);
-
 	return IRQ_HANDLED;
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/mdp/mdp4/mdp4_kms.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/mdp/mdp4/mdp4_kms.c
index 272e707c948704e6ff36cc8df263723fdbbd2a71..0bb4faa17523e0862d7f32df0939976424e82d6a 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/mdp/mdp4/mdp4_kms.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/mdp/mdp4/mdp4_kms.c
@@ -144,6 +144,10 @@ static void mdp4_preclose(struct msm_kms *kms, struct drm_file *file)
 static void mdp4_destroy(struct msm_kms *kms)
 {
 	struct mdp4_kms *mdp4_kms = to_mdp4_kms(to_mdp_kms(kms));
+	if (mdp4_kms->blank_cursor_iova)
+		msm_gem_put_iova(mdp4_kms->blank_cursor_bo, mdp4_kms->id);
+	if (mdp4_kms->blank_cursor_bo)
+		drm_gem_object_unreference(mdp4_kms->blank_cursor_bo);
 	kfree(mdp4_kms);
 }
 
@@ -372,6 +376,23 @@ struct msm_kms *mdp4_kms_init(struct drm_device *dev)
 		goto fail;
 	}
 
+	mutex_lock(&dev->struct_mutex);
+	mdp4_kms->blank_cursor_bo = msm_gem_new(dev, SZ_16K, MSM_BO_WC);
+	mutex_unlock(&dev->struct_mutex);
+	if (IS_ERR(mdp4_kms->blank_cursor_bo)) {
+		ret = PTR_ERR(mdp4_kms->blank_cursor_bo);
+		dev_err(dev->dev, "could not allocate blank-cursor bo: %d\n", ret);
+		mdp4_kms->blank_cursor_bo = NULL;
+		goto fail;
+	}
+
+	ret = msm_gem_get_iova(mdp4_kms->blank_cursor_bo, mdp4_kms->id,
+			&mdp4_kms->blank_cursor_iova);
+	if (ret) {
+		dev_err(dev->dev, "could not pin blank-cursor bo: %d\n", ret);
+		goto fail;
+	}
+
 	return kms;
 
 fail:
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/mdp/mdp4/mdp4_kms.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/mdp/mdp4/mdp4_kms.h
index 66a4d31aec80e010e5f5914705f05f7f346dc68c..715520c54cdec48f93750da0843213878aaabf86 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/mdp/mdp4/mdp4_kms.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/mdp/mdp4/mdp4_kms.h
@@ -44,6 +44,10 @@ struct mdp4_kms {
 	struct clk *lut_clk;
 
 	struct mdp_irq error_handler;
+
+	/* empty/blank cursor bo to use when cursor is "disabled" */
+	struct drm_gem_object *blank_cursor_bo;
+	uint32_t blank_cursor_iova;
 };
 #define to_mdp4_kms(x) container_of(x, struct mdp4_kms, base)
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/mdp/mdp5/mdp5_irq.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/mdp/mdp5/mdp5_irq.c
index 353d494a497f22c96e0f51d2049cd765ad595f07..f2b985bc2adf41f8330dd4bfb8dcafdb30b43c53 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/mdp/mdp5/mdp5_irq.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/mdp/mdp5/mdp5_irq.c
@@ -71,11 +71,11 @@ static void mdp5_irq_mdp(struct mdp_kms *mdp_kms)
 
 	VERB("status=%08x", status);
 
+	mdp_dispatch_irqs(mdp_kms, status);
+
 	for (id = 0; id < priv->num_crtcs; id++)
 		if (status & mdp5_crtc_vblank(priv->crtcs[id]))
 			drm_handle_vblank(dev, id);
-
-	mdp_dispatch_irqs(mdp_kms, status);
 }
 
 irqreturn_t mdp5_irq(struct msm_kms *kms)