return 0;
 }
 
-/*
- * fb_ops.fb_destroy is called by the last put_fb_info() call at the end of
- * unregister_framebuffer() or fb_release().
- */
-static void drm_fbdev_fb_destroy(struct fb_info *info)
+static void drm_fbdev_cleanup(struct drm_fb_helper *fb_helper)
 {
-       struct drm_fb_helper *fb_helper = info->par;
        struct fb_info *fbi = fb_helper->fbdev;
        struct fb_ops *fbops = NULL;
        void *shadow = NULL;
 
-       if (fbi->fbdefio) {
+       if (!fb_helper->dev)
+               return;
+
+       if (fbi && fbi->fbdefio) {
                fb_deferred_io_cleanup(fbi);
                shadow = fbi->screen_buffer;
                fbops = fbi->fbops;
        }
 
        drm_client_framebuffer_delete(fb_helper->buffer);
+}
+
+static void drm_fbdev_release(struct drm_fb_helper *fb_helper)
+{
+       drm_fbdev_cleanup(fb_helper);
+
        /*
         * FIXME:
         * Remove conditional when all CMA drivers have been moved over to using
        }
 }
 
+/*
+ * fb_ops.fb_destroy is called by the last put_fb_info() call at the end of
+ * unregister_framebuffer() or fb_release().
+ */
+static void drm_fbdev_fb_destroy(struct fb_info *info)
+{
+       drm_fbdev_release(info->par);
+}
+
 static int drm_fbdev_fb_mmap(struct fb_info *info, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 {
        struct drm_fb_helper *fb_helper = info->par;
        struct drm_framebuffer *fb;
        struct fb_info *fbi;
        u32 format;
-       int ret;
 
        DRM_DEBUG_KMS("surface width(%d), height(%d) and bpp(%d)\n",
                      sizes->surface_width, sizes->surface_height,
        fb = buffer->fb;
 
        fbi = drm_fb_helper_alloc_fbi(fb_helper);
-       if (IS_ERR(fbi)) {
-               ret = PTR_ERR(fbi);
-               goto err_free_buffer;
-       }
+       if (IS_ERR(fbi))
+               return PTR_ERR(fbi);
 
        fbi->par = fb_helper;
        fbi->fbops = &drm_fbdev_fb_ops;
                if (!fbops || !shadow) {
                        kfree(fbops);
                        vfree(shadow);
-                       ret = -ENOMEM;
-                       goto err_fb_info_destroy;
+                       return -ENOMEM;
                }
 
                *fbops = *fbi->fbops;
        }
 
        return 0;
-
-err_fb_info_destroy:
-       drm_fb_helper_fini(fb_helper);
-err_free_buffer:
-       drm_client_framebuffer_delete(buffer);
-
-       return ret;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_fb_helper_generic_probe);
 
 {
        struct drm_fb_helper *fb_helper = drm_fb_helper_from_client(client);
 
-       if (fb_helper->fbdev) {
-               drm_fb_helper_unregister_fbi(fb_helper);
+       if (fb_helper->fbdev)
                /* drm_fbdev_fb_destroy() takes care of cleanup */
-               return;
-       }
-
-       /* Did drm_fb_helper_fbdev_setup() run? */
-       if (fb_helper->dev)
-               drm_fb_helper_fini(fb_helper);
-
-       drm_client_release(client);
-       kfree(fb_helper);
+               drm_fb_helper_unregister_fbi(fb_helper);
+       else
+               drm_fbdev_release(fb_helper);
 }
 
 static int drm_fbdev_client_restore(struct drm_client_dev *client)
        struct drm_device *dev = client->dev;
        int ret;
 
-       /* If drm_fb_helper_fbdev_setup() failed, we only try once */
+       /* Setup is not retried if it has failed */
        if (!fb_helper->dev && fb_helper->funcs)
                return 0;
 
                return 0;
        }
 
-       ret = drm_fb_helper_fbdev_setup(dev, fb_helper, &drm_fb_helper_generic_funcs,
-                                       fb_helper->preferred_bpp, 0);
-       if (ret) {
-               fb_helper->dev = NULL;
-               fb_helper->fbdev = NULL;
-               return ret;
-       }
+       drm_fb_helper_prepare(dev, fb_helper, &drm_fb_helper_generic_funcs);
+
+       ret = drm_fb_helper_init(dev, fb_helper, dev->mode_config.num_connector);
+       if (ret)
+               goto err;
+
+       ret = drm_fb_helper_single_add_all_connectors(fb_helper);
+       if (ret)
+               goto err_cleanup;
+
+       if (!drm_drv_uses_atomic_modeset(dev))
+               drm_helper_disable_unused_functions(dev);
+
+       ret = drm_fb_helper_initial_config(fb_helper, fb_helper->preferred_bpp);
+       if (ret)
+               goto err_cleanup;
 
        return 0;
+
+err_cleanup:
+       drm_fbdev_cleanup(fb_helper);
+err:
+       fb_helper->dev = NULL;
+       fb_helper->fbdev = NULL;
+
+       DRM_DEV_ERROR(dev->dev, "fbdev: Failed to setup generic emulation (ret=%d)\n", ret);
+
+       return ret;
 }
 
 static const struct drm_client_funcs drm_fbdev_client_funcs = {
 
        drm_client_add(&fb_helper->client);
 
+       if (!preferred_bpp)
+               preferred_bpp = dev->mode_config.preferred_depth;
+       if (!preferred_bpp)
+               preferred_bpp = 32;
        fb_helper->preferred_bpp = preferred_bpp;
 
        ret = drm_fbdev_client_hotplug(&fb_helper->client);