diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_pci.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_pci.c
index d2758be..ffea035 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_pci.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_pci.c
@@ -328,7 +328,7 @@ int drm_get_pci_dev(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *ent,
 
 	ret = pci_enable_device(pdev);
 	if (ret)
-		goto err_g1;
+		goto err_free;
 
 	dev->pdev = pdev;
 	dev->pci_device = pdev->device;
@@ -338,65 +338,23 @@ int drm_get_pci_dev(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *ent,
 	dev->hose = pdev->sysdata;
 #endif
 
-	mutex_lock(&drm_global_mutex);
-
-	if ((ret = drm_fill_in_dev(dev, ent, driver))) {
-		printk(KERN_ERR "DRM: Fill_in_dev failed.\n");
-		goto err_g2;
-	}
-
-	if (drm_core_check_feature(dev, DRIVER_MODESET)) {
+	if (drm_core_check_feature(dev, DRIVER_MODESET))
 		pci_set_drvdata(pdev, dev);
-		ret = drm_get_minor(dev, &dev->control, DRM_MINOR_CONTROL);
-		if (ret)
-			goto err_g2;
-	}
-
-	if (drm_core_check_feature(dev, DRIVER_RENDER) && drm_rnodes) {
-		ret = drm_get_minor(dev, &dev->render, DRM_MINOR_RENDER);
-		if (ret)
-			goto err_g21;
-	}
 
-	if ((ret = drm_get_minor(dev, &dev->primary, DRM_MINOR_LEGACY)))
-		goto err_g3;
-
-	if (dev->driver->load) {
-		ret = dev->driver->load(dev, ent->driver_data);
-		if (ret)
-			goto err_g4;
-	}
-
-	/* setup the grouping for the legacy output */
-	if (drm_core_check_feature(dev, DRIVER_MODESET)) {
-		ret = drm_mode_group_init_legacy_group(dev,
-						&dev->primary->mode_group);
-		if (ret)
-			goto err_g4;
-	}
-
-	list_add_tail(&dev->driver_item, &driver->device_list);
+	ret = drm_dev_register(dev);
+	if (ret)
+		goto err_pci;
 
 	DRM_INFO("Initialized %s %d.%d.%d %s for %s on minor %d\n",
 		 driver->name, driver->major, driver->minor, driver->patchlevel,
 		 driver->date, pci_name(pdev), dev->primary->index);
 
-	mutex_unlock(&drm_global_mutex);
 	return 0;
 
-err_g4:
-	drm_put_minor(&dev->primary);
-err_g3:
-	if (dev->render)
-		drm_put_minor(&dev->render);
-err_g21:
-	if (drm_core_check_feature(dev, DRIVER_MODESET))
-		drm_put_minor(&dev->control);
-err_g2:
+err_pci:
 	pci_disable_device(pdev);
-err_g1:
+err_free:
 	kfree(dev);
-	mutex_unlock(&drm_global_mutex);
 	return ret;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_get_pci_dev);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_platform.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_platform.c
index fb27217..a0e402e 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_platform.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_platform.c
@@ -53,48 +53,9 @@ static int drm_get_platform_dev(struct platform_device *platdev,
 
 	dev->platformdev = platdev;
 
-	mutex_lock(&drm_global_mutex);
-
-	ret = drm_fill_in_dev(dev, NULL, driver);
-
-	if (ret) {
-		printk(KERN_ERR "DRM: Fill_in_dev failed.\n");
-		goto err_g1;
-	}
-
-	if (drm_core_check_feature(dev, DRIVER_MODESET)) {
-		ret = drm_get_minor(dev, &dev->control, DRM_MINOR_CONTROL);
-		if (ret)
-			goto err_g1;
-	}
-
-	if (drm_core_check_feature(dev, DRIVER_RENDER) && drm_rnodes) {
-		ret = drm_get_minor(dev, &dev->render, DRM_MINOR_RENDER);
-		if (ret)
-			goto err_g11;
-	}
-
-	ret = drm_get_minor(dev, &dev->primary, DRM_MINOR_LEGACY);
+	ret = drm_dev_register(dev);
 	if (ret)
-		goto err_g2;
-
-	if (dev->driver->load) {
-		ret = dev->driver->load(dev, 0);
-		if (ret)
-			goto err_g3;
-	}
-
-	/* setup the grouping for the legacy output */
-	if (drm_core_check_feature(dev, DRIVER_MODESET)) {
-		ret = drm_mode_group_init_legacy_group(dev,
-				&dev->primary->mode_group);
-		if (ret)
-			goto err_g3;
-	}
-
-	list_add_tail(&dev->driver_item, &driver->device_list);
-
-	mutex_unlock(&drm_global_mutex);
+		goto err_free;
 
 	DRM_INFO("Initialized %s %d.%d.%d %s on minor %d\n",
 		 driver->name, driver->major, driver->minor, driver->patchlevel,
@@ -102,17 +63,8 @@ static int drm_get_platform_dev(struct platform_device *platdev,
 
 	return 0;
 
-err_g3:
-	drm_put_minor(&dev->primary);
-err_g2:
-	if (dev->render)
-		drm_put_minor(&dev->render);
-err_g11:
-	if (drm_core_check_feature(dev, DRIVER_MODESET))
-		drm_put_minor(&dev->control);
-err_g1:
+err_free:
 	kfree(dev);
-	mutex_unlock(&drm_global_mutex);
 	return ret;
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_stub.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_stub.c
index 64bd52f..4c8b7d8 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_stub.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_stub.c
@@ -254,25 +254,6 @@ int drm_dropmaster_ioctl(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-int drm_fill_in_dev(struct drm_device *dev,
-			   const struct pci_device_id *ent,
-			   struct drm_driver *driver)
-{
-	int retcode;
-
-	if (dev->driver->bus->agp_init) {
-		retcode = dev->driver->bus->agp_init(dev);
-		if (retcode) {
-			drm_lastclose(dev);
-			return retcode;
-		}
-	}
-
-	return 0;
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_fill_in_dev);
-
-
 /**
  * Get a secondary minor number.
  *
@@ -452,6 +433,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_unplug_dev);
  * @parent: Parent device object
  *
  * Allocate and initialize a new DRM device. No device registration is done.
+ * Call drm_dev_register() to advertice the device to user space and register it
+ * with other core subsystems.
  *
  * RETURNS:
  * Pointer to new DRM device, or NULL if out of memory.
@@ -517,3 +500,83 @@ err_free:
 	return NULL;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_dev_alloc);
+
+/**
+ * drm_dev_register - Register DRM device
+ * @dev: Device to register
+ *
+ * Register the DRM device @dev with the system, advertise device to user-space
+ * and start normal device operation. @dev must be allocated via drm_dev_alloc()
+ * previously.
+ *
+ * Never call this twice on any device!
+ *
+ * RETURNS:
+ * 0 on success, negative error code on failure.
+ */
+int drm_dev_register(struct drm_device *dev)
+{
+	int ret;
+
+	mutex_lock(&drm_global_mutex);
+
+	if (dev->driver->bus->agp_init) {
+		ret = dev->driver->bus->agp_init(dev);
+		if (ret)
+			goto out_unlock;
+	}
+
+	if (drm_core_check_feature(dev, DRIVER_MODESET)) {
+		ret = drm_get_minor(dev, &dev->control, DRM_MINOR_CONTROL);
+		if (ret)
+			goto err_agp;
+	}
+
+	if (drm_core_check_feature(dev, DRIVER_RENDER) && drm_rnodes) {
+		ret = drm_get_minor(dev, &dev->render, DRM_MINOR_RENDER);
+		if (ret)
+			goto err_control_node;
+	}
+
+	ret = drm_get_minor(dev, &dev->primary, DRM_MINOR_LEGACY);
+	if (ret)
+		goto err_render_node;
+
+	if (dev->driver->load) {
+		ret = dev->driver->load(dev, 0);
+		if (ret)
+			goto err_primary_node;
+	}
+
+	/* setup grouping for legacy outputs */
+	if (drm_core_check_feature(dev, DRIVER_MODESET)) {
+		ret = drm_mode_group_init_legacy_group(dev,
+				&dev->primary->mode_group);
+		if (ret)
+			goto err_unload;
+	}
+
+	list_add_tail(&dev->driver_item, &dev->driver->device_list);
+
+	ret = 0;
+	goto out_unlock;
+
+err_unload:
+	if (dev->driver->unload)
+		dev->driver->unload(dev);
+err_primary_node:
+	drm_put_minor(&dev->primary);
+err_render_node:
+	if (dev->render)
+		drm_put_minor(&dev->render);
+err_control_node:
+	if (dev->control)
+		drm_put_minor(&dev->control);
+err_agp:
+	if (dev->driver->bus->agp_destroy)
+		dev->driver->bus->agp_destroy(dev);
+out_unlock:
+	mutex_unlock(&drm_global_mutex);
+	return ret;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_dev_register);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_usb.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_usb.c
index 34ad8ed..54d60f2 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_usb.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_usb.c
@@ -16,45 +16,11 @@ int drm_get_usb_dev(struct usb_interface *interface,
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	dev->usbdev = interface_to_usbdev(interface);
-
-	mutex_lock(&drm_global_mutex);
-
-	ret = drm_fill_in_dev(dev, NULL, driver);
-	if (ret) {
-		printk(KERN_ERR "DRM: Fill_in_dev failed.\n");
-		goto err_g1;
-	}
-
 	usb_set_intfdata(interface, dev);
-	ret = drm_get_minor(dev, &dev->control, DRM_MINOR_CONTROL);
-	if (ret)
-		goto err_g1;
-
-	if (drm_core_check_feature(dev, DRIVER_RENDER) && drm_rnodes) {
-		ret = drm_get_minor(dev, &dev->render, DRM_MINOR_RENDER);
-		if (ret)
-			goto err_g11;
-	}
 
-	ret = drm_get_minor(dev, &dev->primary, DRM_MINOR_LEGACY);
+	ret = drm_dev_register(dev);
 	if (ret)
-		goto err_g2;
-
-	if (dev->driver->load) {
-		ret = dev->driver->load(dev, 0);
-		if (ret)
-			goto err_g3;
-	}
-
-	/* setup the grouping for the legacy output */
-	ret = drm_mode_group_init_legacy_group(dev,
-					       &dev->primary->mode_group);
-	if (ret)
-		goto err_g3;
-
-	list_add_tail(&dev->driver_item, &driver->device_list);
-
-	mutex_unlock(&drm_global_mutex);
+		goto err_free;
 
 	DRM_INFO("Initialized %s %d.%d.%d %s on minor %d\n",
 		 driver->name, driver->major, driver->minor, driver->patchlevel,
@@ -62,16 +28,8 @@ int drm_get_usb_dev(struct usb_interface *interface,
 
 	return 0;
 
-err_g3:
-	drm_put_minor(&dev->primary);
-err_g2:
-	if (dev->render)
-		drm_put_minor(&dev->render);
-err_g11:
-	drm_put_minor(&dev->control);
-err_g1:
+err_free:
 	kfree(dev);
-	mutex_unlock(&drm_global_mutex);
 	return ret;
 
 }
diff --git a/include/drm/drmP.h b/include/drm/drmP.h
index 1d4c1d9..88e17b3 100644
--- a/include/drm/drmP.h
+++ b/include/drm/drmP.h
@@ -1645,11 +1645,9 @@ static __inline__ void drm_core_dropmap(struct drm_local_map *map)
 
 #include <drm/drm_mem_util.h>
 
-extern int drm_fill_in_dev(struct drm_device *dev,
-			   const struct pci_device_id *ent,
-			   struct drm_driver *driver);
 struct drm_device *drm_dev_alloc(struct drm_driver *driver,
 				 struct device *parent);
+int drm_dev_register(struct drm_device *dev);
 int drm_get_minor(struct drm_device *dev, struct drm_minor **minor, int type);
 /*@}*/
 
