diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_internal.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_internal.h
index f89371e920e6..068b685608cf 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_internal.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_internal.h
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ int drm_gem_name_info(struct seq_file *m, void *data);
 /* drm_vblank.c */
 extern unsigned int drm_timestamp_monotonic;
 void drm_vblank_disable_and_save(struct drm_device *dev, unsigned int pipe);
+void drm_vblank_cleanup(struct drm_device *dev);
 
 /* IOCTLS */
 int drm_wait_vblank_ioctl(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_vblank.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_vblank.c
index 7e3f59182571..05d043e9219f 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_vblank.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_vblank.c
@@ -394,19 +394,6 @@ static void vblank_disable_fn(unsigned long arg)
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&dev->vbl_lock, irqflags);
 }
 
-/**
- * drm_vblank_cleanup - cleanup vblank support
- * @dev: DRM device
- *
- * This function cleans up any resources allocated in drm_vblank_init(). It is
- * called by the DRM core when @dev is finalized.
- *
- * Drivers can call drm_vblank_cleanup() if they need to quiescent the vblank
- * interrupt in their unload code. But in general this should be handled by
- * disabling all active &drm_crtc through e.g. drm_atomic_helper_shutdown, which
- * should end up calling drm_crtc_vblank_off().
- *
- */
 void drm_vblank_cleanup(struct drm_device *dev)
 {
 	unsigned int pipe;
@@ -428,7 +415,6 @@ void drm_vblank_cleanup(struct drm_device *dev)
 
 	dev->num_crtcs = 0;
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_vblank_cleanup);
 
 /**
  * drm_vblank_init - initialize vblank support
@@ -436,9 +422,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_vblank_cleanup);
  * @num_crtcs: number of CRTCs supported by @dev
  *
  * This function initializes vblank support for @num_crtcs display pipelines.
- * Drivers do not need to call drm_vblank_cleanup(), cleanup is already handled
- * by the DRM core, or through calling drm_dev_fini() for drivers with a
- * &drm_driver.release callback.
+ * Cleanup is handled by the DRM core, or through calling drm_dev_fini() for
+ * drivers with a &drm_driver.release callback.
  *
  * Returns:
  * Zero on success or a negative error code on failure.
diff --git a/include/drm/drm_vblank.h b/include/drm/drm_vblank.h
index 4ceef128582f..7fba9efe4951 100644
--- a/include/drm/drm_vblank.h
+++ b/include/drm/drm_vblank.h
@@ -168,7 +168,6 @@ void drm_crtc_wait_one_vblank(struct drm_crtc *crtc);
 void drm_crtc_vblank_off(struct drm_crtc *crtc);
 void drm_crtc_vblank_reset(struct drm_crtc *crtc);
 void drm_crtc_vblank_on(struct drm_crtc *crtc);
-void drm_vblank_cleanup(struct drm_device *dev);
 u32 drm_crtc_accurate_vblank_count(struct drm_crtc *crtc);
 
 bool drm_calc_vbltimestamp_from_scanoutpos(struct drm_device *dev,