diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_irq.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_irq.c
index 22d207e211e7..c5f20e41dcc6 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_irq.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_irq.c
@@ -944,7 +944,8 @@ static void send_vblank_event(struct drm_device *dev,
 		struct drm_pending_vblank_event *e,
 		unsigned long seq, struct timeval *now)
 {
-	WARN_ON_SMP(!spin_is_locked(&dev->event_lock));
+	assert_spin_locked(&dev->event_lock);
+
 	e->event.sequence = seq;
 	e->event.tv_sec = now->tv_sec;
 	e->event.tv_usec = now->tv_usec;
@@ -957,6 +958,57 @@ static void send_vblank_event(struct drm_device *dev,
 }
 
 /**
+ * drm_arm_vblank_event - arm vblank event after pageflip
+ * @dev: DRM device
+ * @pipe: CRTC index
+ * @e: the event to prepare to send
+ *
+ * A lot of drivers need to generate vblank events for the very next vblank
+ * interrupt. For example when the page flip interrupt happens when the page
+ * flip gets armed, but not when it actually executes within the next vblank
+ * period. This helper function implements exactly the required vblank arming
+ * behaviour.
+ *
+ * Caller must hold event lock. Caller must also hold a vblank reference for
+ * the event @e, which will be dropped when the next vblank arrives.
+ *
+ * This is the legacy version of drm_crtc_arm_vblank_event().
+ */
+void drm_arm_vblank_event(struct drm_device *dev, unsigned int pipe,
+			  struct drm_pending_vblank_event *e)
+{
+	assert_spin_locked(&dev->event_lock);
+
+	e->pipe = pipe;
+	e->event.sequence = drm_vblank_count(dev, pipe);
+	list_add_tail(&e->base.link, &dev->vblank_event_list);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_arm_vblank_event);
+
+/**
+ * drm_crtc_arm_vblank_event - arm vblank event after pageflip
+ * @crtc: the source CRTC of the vblank event
+ * @e: the event to send
+ *
+ * A lot of drivers need to generate vblank events for the very next vblank
+ * interrupt. For example when the page flip interrupt happens when the page
+ * flip gets armed, but not when it actually executes within the next vblank
+ * period. This helper function implements exactly the required vblank arming
+ * behaviour.
+ *
+ * Caller must hold event lock. Caller must also hold a vblank reference for
+ * the event @e, which will be dropped when the next vblank arrives.
+ *
+ * This is the native KMS version of drm_arm_vblank_event().
+ */
+void drm_crtc_arm_vblank_event(struct drm_crtc *crtc,
+			       struct drm_pending_vblank_event *e)
+{
+	drm_arm_vblank_event(crtc->dev, drm_crtc_index(crtc), e);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_crtc_arm_vblank_event);
+
+/**
  * drm_send_vblank_event - helper to send vblank event after pageflip
  * @dev: DRM device
  * @pipe: CRTC index
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_display.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_display.c
index e905c00acf1a..54183bcca48f 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_display.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_display.c
@@ -827,7 +827,6 @@ nouveau_finish_page_flip(struct nouveau_channel *chan,
 	struct drm_device *dev = drm->dev;
 	struct nouveau_page_flip_state *s;
 	unsigned long flags;
-	int crtcid = -1;
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&dev->event_lock, flags);
 
@@ -839,15 +838,19 @@ nouveau_finish_page_flip(struct nouveau_channel *chan,
 
 	s = list_first_entry(&fctx->flip, struct nouveau_page_flip_state, head);
 	if (s->event) {
-		/* Vblank timestamps/counts are only correct on >= NV-50 */
-		if (drm->device.info.family >= NV_DEVICE_INFO_V0_TESLA)
-			crtcid = s->crtc;
+		if (drm->device.info.family < NV_DEVICE_INFO_V0_TESLA) {
+			drm_arm_vblank_event(dev, s->crtc, s->event);
+		} else {
+			drm_send_vblank_event(dev, s->crtc, s->event);
 
-		drm_send_vblank_event(dev, crtcid, s->event);
+			/* Give up ownership of vblank for page-flipped crtc */
+			drm_vblank_put(dev, s->crtc);
+		}
+	}
+	else {
+		/* Give up ownership of vblank for page-flipped crtc */
+		drm_vblank_put(dev, s->crtc);
 	}
-
-	/* Give up ownership of vblank for page-flipped crtc */
-	drm_vblank_put(dev, s->crtc);
 
 	list_del(&s->head);
 	if (ps)
diff --git a/include/drm/drmP.h b/include/drm/drmP.h
index 8b5ce7c5d9bb..c98f01046bd0 100644
--- a/include/drm/drmP.h
+++ b/include/drm/drmP.h
@@ -932,6 +932,10 @@ extern void drm_send_vblank_event(struct drm_device *dev, unsigned int pipe,
 				  struct drm_pending_vblank_event *e);
 extern void drm_crtc_send_vblank_event(struct drm_crtc *crtc,
 				       struct drm_pending_vblank_event *e);
+extern void drm_arm_vblank_event(struct drm_device *dev, unsigned int pipe,
+				 struct drm_pending_vblank_event *e);
+extern void drm_crtc_arm_vblank_event(struct drm_crtc *crtc,
+				      struct drm_pending_vblank_event *e);
 extern bool drm_handle_vblank(struct drm_device *dev, unsigned int pipe);
 extern bool drm_crtc_handle_vblank(struct drm_crtc *crtc);
 extern int drm_vblank_get(struct drm_device *dev, unsigned int pipe);
