diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/omap/lcdc.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/omap/lcdc.c
index b52f62595f65..6efa2591eaa8 100644
--- a/drivers/video/fbdev/omap/lcdc.c
+++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/omap/lcdc.c
@@ -74,7 +74,6 @@ static struct omap_lcd_controller {
 	void			(*dma_callback)(void *data);
 	void			*dma_callback_data;
 
-	int			fbmem_allocated;
 	dma_addr_t		vram_phys;
 	void			*vram_virt;
 	unsigned long		vram_size;
@@ -611,42 +610,6 @@ static void lcdc_dma_handler(u16 status, void *data)
 		lcdc.dma_callback(lcdc.dma_callback_data);
 }
 
-static int mmap_kern(void)
-{
-	struct vm_struct	*kvma;
-	struct vm_area_struct	vma;
-	pgprot_t		pgprot;
-	unsigned long		vaddr;
-
-	kvma = get_vm_area(lcdc.vram_size, VM_IOREMAP);
-	if (kvma == NULL) {
-		dev_err(lcdc.fbdev->dev, "can't get kernel vm area\n");
-		return -ENOMEM;
-	}
-	vma.vm_mm = &init_mm;
-
-	vaddr = (unsigned long)kvma->addr;
-	vma.vm_start = vaddr;
-	vma.vm_end = vaddr + lcdc.vram_size;
-
-	pgprot = pgprot_writecombine(pgprot_kernel);
-	if (io_remap_pfn_range(&vma, vaddr,
-			   lcdc.vram_phys >> PAGE_SHIFT,
-			   lcdc.vram_size, pgprot) < 0) {
-		dev_err(lcdc.fbdev->dev, "kernel mmap for FB memory failed\n");
-		return -EAGAIN;
-	}
-
-	lcdc.vram_virt = (void *)vaddr;
-
-	return 0;
-}
-
-static void unmap_kern(void)
-{
-	vunmap(lcdc.vram_virt);
-}
-
 static int alloc_palette_ram(void)
 {
 	lcdc.palette_virt = dma_alloc_writecombine(lcdc.fbdev->dev,
@@ -703,8 +666,6 @@ static void free_fbmem(void)
 
 static int setup_fbmem(struct omapfb_mem_desc *req_md)
 {
-	int r;
-
 	if (!req_md->region_cnt) {
 		dev_err(lcdc.fbdev->dev, "no memory regions defined\n");
 		return -EINVAL;
@@ -715,31 +676,7 @@ static int setup_fbmem(struct omapfb_mem_desc *req_md)
 		req_md->region_cnt = 1;
 	}
 
-	if (req_md->region[0].paddr == 0) {
-		lcdc.fbmem_allocated = 1;
-		if ((r = alloc_fbmem(&req_md->region[0])) < 0)
-			return r;
-		return 0;
-	}
-
-	lcdc.vram_phys = req_md->region[0].paddr;
-	lcdc.vram_size = req_md->region[0].size;
-
-	if ((r = mmap_kern()) < 0)
-		return r;
-
-	dev_dbg(lcdc.fbdev->dev, "vram at %08x size %08lx mapped to 0x%p\n",
-		 lcdc.vram_phys, lcdc.vram_size, lcdc.vram_virt);
-
-	return 0;
-}
-
-static void cleanup_fbmem(void)
-{
-	if (lcdc.fbmem_allocated)
-		free_fbmem();
-	else
-		unmap_kern();
+	return alloc_fbmem(&req_md->region[0]);
 }
 
 static int omap_lcdc_init(struct omapfb_device *fbdev, int ext_mode,
@@ -833,7 +770,7 @@ static void omap_lcdc_cleanup(void)
 {
 	if (!lcdc.ext_mode)
 		free_palette_ram();
-	cleanup_fbmem();
+	free_fbmem();
 	omap_free_lcd_dma();
 	free_irq(OMAP_LCDC_IRQ, lcdc.fbdev);
 	clk_disable(lcdc.lcd_ck);