container_of(__work, struct drm_i915_private, fbc.work.work);
        struct intel_fbc_work *work = &dev_priv->fbc.work;
        struct intel_crtc *crtc = dev_priv->fbc.crtc;
-       int delay_ms = 50;
+       struct drm_vblank_crtc *vblank = &dev_priv->dev->vblank[crtc->pipe];
+
+       if (drm_crtc_vblank_get(&crtc->base)) {
+               DRM_ERROR("vblank not available for FBC on pipe %c\n",
+                         pipe_name(crtc->pipe));
+
+               mutex_lock(&dev_priv->fbc.lock);
+               work->scheduled = false;
+               mutex_unlock(&dev_priv->fbc.lock);
+               return;
+       }
 
 retry:
        /* Delay the actual enabling to let pageflipping cease and the
         * vblank to pass after disabling the FBC before we attempt
         * to modify the control registers.
         *
-        * A more complicated solution would involve tracking vblanks
-        * following the termination of the page-flipping sequence
-        * and indeed performing the enable as a co-routine and not
-        * waiting synchronously upon the vblank.
-        *
         * WaFbcWaitForVBlankBeforeEnable:ilk,snb
+        *
+        * It is also worth mentioning that since work->scheduled_vblank can be
+        * updated multiple times by the other threads, hitting the timeout is
+        * not an error condition. We'll just end up hitting the "goto retry"
+        * case below.
         */
-       wait_remaining_ms_from_jiffies(work->enable_jiffies, delay_ms);
+       wait_event_timeout(vblank->queue,
+               drm_crtc_vblank_count(&crtc->base) != work->scheduled_vblank,
+               msecs_to_jiffies(50));
 
        mutex_lock(&dev_priv->fbc.lock);
 
                goto out;
 
        /* Were we delayed again while this function was sleeping? */
-       if (time_after(work->enable_jiffies + msecs_to_jiffies(delay_ms),
-                      jiffies)) {
+       if (drm_crtc_vblank_count(&crtc->base) == work->scheduled_vblank) {
                mutex_unlock(&dev_priv->fbc.lock);
                goto retry;
        }
 
 out:
        mutex_unlock(&dev_priv->fbc.lock);
+       drm_crtc_vblank_put(&crtc->base);
 }
 
 static void intel_fbc_cancel_work(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv)
 
        WARN_ON(!mutex_is_locked(&dev_priv->fbc.lock));
 
+       if (drm_crtc_vblank_get(&crtc->base)) {
+               DRM_ERROR("vblank not available for FBC on pipe %c\n",
+                         pipe_name(crtc->pipe));
+               return;
+       }
+
        /* It is useless to call intel_fbc_cancel_work() in this function since
         * we're not releasing fbc.lock, so it won't have an opportunity to grab
         * it to discover that it was cancelled. So we just update the expected
         * jiffy count. */
        work->fb = crtc->base.primary->fb;
        work->scheduled = true;
-       work->enable_jiffies = jiffies;
+       work->scheduled_vblank = drm_crtc_vblank_count(&crtc->base);
+       drm_crtc_vblank_put(&crtc->base);
 
        schedule_work(&work->work);
 }