diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/rs600.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/rs600.c
index 5a0fc74c2ba68c61d93779ec10d3164ee59087c4..46fa1b07c5602388581bed64cc9bc5ea6065a35c 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/rs600.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/rs600.c
@@ -52,23 +52,59 @@ static const u32 crtc_offsets[2] =
 	AVIVO_D2CRTC_H_TOTAL - AVIVO_D1CRTC_H_TOTAL
 };
 
+static bool avivo_is_in_vblank(struct radeon_device *rdev, int crtc)
+{
+	if (RREG32(AVIVO_D1CRTC_STATUS + crtc_offsets[crtc]) & AVIVO_D1CRTC_V_BLANK)
+		return true;
+	else
+		return false;
+}
+
+static bool avivo_is_counter_moving(struct radeon_device *rdev, int crtc)
+{
+	u32 pos1, pos2;
+
+	pos1 = RREG32(AVIVO_D1CRTC_STATUS_POSITION + crtc_offsets[crtc]);
+	pos2 = RREG32(AVIVO_D1CRTC_STATUS_POSITION + crtc_offsets[crtc]);
+
+	if (pos1 != pos2)
+		return true;
+	else
+		return false;
+}
+
+/**
+ * avivo_wait_for_vblank - vblank wait asic callback.
+ *
+ * @rdev: radeon_device pointer
+ * @crtc: crtc to wait for vblank on
+ *
+ * Wait for vblank on the requested crtc (r5xx-r7xx).
+ */
 void avivo_wait_for_vblank(struct radeon_device *rdev, int crtc)
 {
-	int i;
+	unsigned i = 0;
 
 	if (crtc >= rdev->num_crtc)
 		return;
 
-	if (RREG32(AVIVO_D1CRTC_CONTROL + crtc_offsets[crtc]) & AVIVO_CRTC_EN) {
-		for (i = 0; i < rdev->usec_timeout; i++) {
-			if (!(RREG32(AVIVO_D1CRTC_STATUS + crtc_offsets[crtc]) & AVIVO_D1CRTC_V_BLANK))
+	if (!(RREG32(AVIVO_D1CRTC_CONTROL + crtc_offsets[crtc]) & AVIVO_CRTC_EN))
+		return;
+
+	/* depending on when we hit vblank, we may be close to active; if so,
+	 * wait for another frame.
+	 */
+	while (avivo_is_in_vblank(rdev, crtc)) {
+		if (i++ % 100 == 0) {
+			if (!avivo_is_counter_moving(rdev, crtc))
 				break;
-			udelay(1);
 		}
-		for (i = 0; i < rdev->usec_timeout; i++) {
-			if (RREG32(AVIVO_D1CRTC_STATUS + crtc_offsets[crtc]) & AVIVO_D1CRTC_V_BLANK)
+	}
+
+	while (!avivo_is_in_vblank(rdev, crtc)) {
+		if (i++ % 100 == 0) {
+			if (!avivo_is_counter_moving(rdev, crtc))
 				break;
-			udelay(1);
 		}
 	}
 }