diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_kms.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_kms.c
index 8e3a44dee633..f26a2aca3611 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_kms.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_kms.c
@@ -1536,35 +1536,10 @@ vmw_kms_atomic_check_modeset(struct drm_device *dev,
 	return drm_atomic_helper_check(dev, state);
 }
 
-
-/**
- * vmw_kms_atomic_commit - Perform an atomic state commit
- *
- * @dev: DRM device
- * @state: the driver state object
- * @nonblock: Whether nonblocking behaviour is requested
- *
- * This is a simple wrapper around drm_atomic_helper_commit() for
- * us to clear the nonblocking value.
- *
- * Nonblocking commits currently cause synchronization issues
- * for vmwgfx.
- *
- * RETURNS
- * Zero for success or negative error code on failure.
- */
-int vmw_kms_atomic_commit(struct drm_device *dev,
-			  struct drm_atomic_state *state,
-			  bool nonblock)
-{
-	return drm_atomic_helper_commit(dev, state, false);
-}
-
-
 static const struct drm_mode_config_funcs vmw_kms_funcs = {
 	.fb_create = vmw_kms_fb_create,
 	.atomic_check = vmw_kms_atomic_check_modeset,
-	.atomic_commit = vmw_kms_atomic_commit,
+	.atomic_commit = drm_atomic_helper_commit,
 };
 
 static int vmw_kms_generic_present(struct vmw_private *dev_priv,