void radeon_crtc_handle_vblank(struct radeon_device *rdev, int crtc_id)
 {
        struct radeon_crtc *radeon_crtc = rdev->mode_info.crtcs[crtc_id];
-       struct radeon_flip_work *work;
        unsigned long flags;
        u32 update_pending;
        int vpos, hpos;
                return;
 
        spin_lock_irqsave(&rdev->ddev->event_lock, flags);
-       work = radeon_crtc->flip_work;
-       if (work == NULL) {
+       if (radeon_crtc->flip_status != RADEON_FLIP_SUBMITTED) {
+               DRM_DEBUG_DRIVER("radeon_crtc->flip_status = %d != "
+                                "RADEON_FLIP_SUBMITTED(%d)\n",
+                                radeon_crtc->flip_status,
+                                RADEON_FLIP_SUBMITTED);
                spin_unlock_irqrestore(&rdev->ddev->event_lock, flags);
                return;
        }
 
        spin_lock_irqsave(&rdev->ddev->event_lock, flags);
        work = radeon_crtc->flip_work;
-       if (work == NULL) {
+       if (radeon_crtc->flip_status != RADEON_FLIP_SUBMITTED) {
+               DRM_DEBUG_DRIVER("radeon_crtc->flip_status = %d != "
+                                "RADEON_FLIP_SUBMITTED(%d)\n",
+                                radeon_crtc->flip_status,
+                                RADEON_FLIP_SUBMITTED);
                spin_unlock_irqrestore(&rdev->ddev->event_lock, flags);
                return;
        }
 
        /* Pageflip completed. Clean up. */
+       radeon_crtc->flip_status = RADEON_FLIP_NONE;
        radeon_crtc->flip_work = NULL;
 
        /* wakeup userspace */
        /* do the flip (mmio) */
        radeon_page_flip(rdev, radeon_crtc->crtc_id, base);
 
+       radeon_crtc->flip_status = RADEON_FLIP_SUBMITTED;
        spin_unlock_irqrestore(&crtc->dev->event_lock, flags);
        up_read(&rdev->exclusive_lock);
 
        /* We borrow the event spin lock for protecting flip_work */
        spin_lock_irqsave(&crtc->dev->event_lock, flags);
 
-       if (radeon_crtc->flip_work) {
+       if (radeon_crtc->flip_status != RADEON_FLIP_NONE) {
                DRM_DEBUG_DRIVER("flip queue: crtc already busy\n");
                spin_unlock_irqrestore(&crtc->dev->event_lock, flags);
                drm_gem_object_unreference_unlocked(&work->old_rbo->gem_base);
                kfree(work);
                return -EBUSY;
        }
+       radeon_crtc->flip_status = RADEON_FLIP_PENDING;
        radeon_crtc->flip_work = work;
 
        /* update crtc fb */