diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/ast/Makefile b/drivers/gpu/drm/ast/Makefile
index 2265a8a624dd..438a2d05b115 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/ast/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/ast/Makefile
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 # Makefile for the drm device driver.  This driver provides support for the
 # Direct Rendering Infrastructure (DRI) in XFree86 4.1.0 and higher.
 
-ast-y := ast_cursor.o ast_drv.o ast_main.o ast_mm.o ast_mode.o ast_post.o \
-	 ast_dp501.o
+ast-y := ast_drv.o ast_main.o ast_mm.o ast_mode.o ast_post.o ast_dp501.o
 
 obj-$(CONFIG_DRM_AST) := ast.o
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/ast/ast_cursor.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/ast/ast_cursor.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 31c35296a107..000000000000
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/ast/ast_cursor.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,237 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright 2012 Red Hat Inc.
- * Parts based on xf86-video-ast
- * Copyright (c) 2005 ASPEED Technology Inc.
- *
- * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a
- * copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
- * "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including
- * without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,
- * distribute, sub license, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to
- * permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to
- * the following conditions:
- *
- * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
- * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
- * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL
- * THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS, AUTHORS AND/OR ITS SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM,
- * DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR
- * OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE
- * USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
- *
- * The above copyright notice and this permission notice (including the
- * next paragraph) shall be included in all copies or substantial portions
- * of the Software.
- */
-/*
- * Authors: Dave Airlie <airlied@redhat.com>
- */
-
-#include <drm/drm_gem_vram_helper.h>
-#include <drm/drm_managed.h>
-
-#include "ast_drv.h"
-
-static void update_cursor_image(u8 __iomem *dst, const u8 *src, int width, int height)
-{
-	union {
-		u32 ul;
-		u8 b[4];
-	} srcdata32[2], data32;
-	union {
-		u16 us;
-		u8 b[2];
-	} data16;
-	u32 csum = 0;
-	s32 alpha_dst_delta, last_alpha_dst_delta;
-	u8 __iomem *dstxor;
-	const u8 *srcxor;
-	int i, j;
-	u32 per_pixel_copy, two_pixel_copy;
-
-	alpha_dst_delta = AST_MAX_HWC_WIDTH << 1;
-	last_alpha_dst_delta = alpha_dst_delta - (width << 1);
-
-	srcxor = src;
-	dstxor = (u8 *)dst + last_alpha_dst_delta + (AST_MAX_HWC_HEIGHT - height) * alpha_dst_delta;
-	per_pixel_copy = width & 1;
-	two_pixel_copy = width >> 1;
-
-	for (j = 0; j < height; j++) {
-		for (i = 0; i < two_pixel_copy; i++) {
-			srcdata32[0].ul = *((u32 *)srcxor) & 0xf0f0f0f0;
-			srcdata32[1].ul = *((u32 *)(srcxor + 4)) & 0xf0f0f0f0;
-			data32.b[0] = srcdata32[0].b[1] | (srcdata32[0].b[0] >> 4);
-			data32.b[1] = srcdata32[0].b[3] | (srcdata32[0].b[2] >> 4);
-			data32.b[2] = srcdata32[1].b[1] | (srcdata32[1].b[0] >> 4);
-			data32.b[3] = srcdata32[1].b[3] | (srcdata32[1].b[2] >> 4);
-
-			writel(data32.ul, dstxor);
-			csum += data32.ul;
-
-			dstxor += 4;
-			srcxor += 8;
-
-		}
-
-		for (i = 0; i < per_pixel_copy; i++) {
-			srcdata32[0].ul = *((u32 *)srcxor) & 0xf0f0f0f0;
-			data16.b[0] = srcdata32[0].b[1] | (srcdata32[0].b[0] >> 4);
-			data16.b[1] = srcdata32[0].b[3] | (srcdata32[0].b[2] >> 4);
-			writew(data16.us, dstxor);
-			csum += (u32)data16.us;
-
-			dstxor += 2;
-			srcxor += 4;
-		}
-		dstxor += last_alpha_dst_delta;
-	}
-
-	/* write checksum + signature */
-	dst += AST_HWC_SIZE;
-	writel(csum, dst);
-	writel(width, dst + AST_HWC_SIGNATURE_SizeX);
-	writel(height, dst + AST_HWC_SIGNATURE_SizeY);
-	writel(0, dst + AST_HWC_SIGNATURE_HOTSPOTX);
-	writel(0, dst + AST_HWC_SIGNATURE_HOTSPOTY);
-}
-
-int ast_cursor_blit(struct ast_private *ast, struct drm_framebuffer *fb)
-{
-	struct drm_device *dev = &ast->base;
-	struct drm_gem_vram_object *dst_gbo = ast->cursor.gbo[ast->cursor.next_index];
-	struct drm_gem_vram_object *src_gbo = drm_gem_vram_of_gem(fb->obj[0]);
-	struct dma_buf_map src_map, dst_map;
-	void __iomem *dst;
-	void *src;
-	int ret;
-
-	if (drm_WARN_ON_ONCE(dev, fb->width > AST_MAX_HWC_WIDTH) ||
-	    drm_WARN_ON_ONCE(dev, fb->height > AST_MAX_HWC_HEIGHT))
-		return -EINVAL;
-
-	ret = drm_gem_vram_vmap(src_gbo, &src_map);
-	if (ret)
-		return ret;
-	src = src_map.vaddr; /* TODO: Use mapping abstraction properly */
-
-	ret = drm_gem_vram_vmap(dst_gbo, &dst_map);
-	if (ret)
-		goto err_drm_gem_vram_vunmap;
-	dst = dst_map.vaddr_iomem; /* TODO: Use mapping abstraction properly */
-
-	/* do data transfer to cursor BO */
-	update_cursor_image(dst, src, fb->width, fb->height);
-
-	drm_gem_vram_vunmap(dst_gbo, &dst_map);
-	drm_gem_vram_vunmap(src_gbo, &src_map);
-
-	return 0;
-
-err_drm_gem_vram_vunmap:
-	drm_gem_vram_vunmap(src_gbo, &src_map);
-	return ret;
-}
-
-static void ast_cursor_set_base(struct ast_private *ast, u64 address)
-{
-	u8 addr0 = (address >> 3) & 0xff;
-	u8 addr1 = (address >> 11) & 0xff;
-	u8 addr2 = (address >> 19) & 0xff;
-
-	ast_set_index_reg(ast, AST_IO_CRTC_PORT, 0xc8, addr0);
-	ast_set_index_reg(ast, AST_IO_CRTC_PORT, 0xc9, addr1);
-	ast_set_index_reg(ast, AST_IO_CRTC_PORT, 0xca, addr2);
-}
-
-void ast_cursor_page_flip(struct ast_private *ast)
-{
-	struct drm_device *dev = &ast->base;
-	struct drm_gem_vram_object *gbo;
-	s64 off;
-
-	gbo = ast->cursor.gbo[ast->cursor.next_index];
-
-	off = drm_gem_vram_offset(gbo);
-	if (drm_WARN_ON_ONCE(dev, off < 0))
-		return; /* Bug: we didn't pin the cursor HW BO to VRAM. */
-
-	ast_cursor_set_base(ast, off);
-
-	++ast->cursor.next_index;
-	ast->cursor.next_index %= ARRAY_SIZE(ast->cursor.gbo);
-}
-
-static void ast_cursor_set_location(struct ast_private *ast, u16 x, u16 y,
-				    u8 x_offset, u8 y_offset)
-{
-	u8 x0 = (x & 0x00ff);
-	u8 x1 = (x & 0x0f00) >> 8;
-	u8 y0 = (y & 0x00ff);
-	u8 y1 = (y & 0x0700) >> 8;
-
-	ast_set_index_reg(ast, AST_IO_CRTC_PORT, 0xc2, x_offset);
-	ast_set_index_reg(ast, AST_IO_CRTC_PORT, 0xc3, y_offset);
-	ast_set_index_reg(ast, AST_IO_CRTC_PORT, 0xc4, x0);
-	ast_set_index_reg(ast, AST_IO_CRTC_PORT, 0xc5, x1);
-	ast_set_index_reg(ast, AST_IO_CRTC_PORT, 0xc6, y0);
-	ast_set_index_reg(ast, AST_IO_CRTC_PORT, 0xc7, y1);
-}
-
-static void ast_set_cursor_enabled(struct ast_private *ast, bool enabled)
-{
-	static const u8 mask = (u8)~(AST_IO_VGACRCB_HWC_16BPP |
-				     AST_IO_VGACRCB_HWC_ENABLED);
-
-	u8 vgacrcb = AST_IO_VGACRCB_HWC_16BPP;
-
-	if (enabled)
-		vgacrcb |= AST_IO_VGACRCB_HWC_ENABLED;
-
-	ast_set_index_reg_mask(ast, AST_IO_CRTC_PORT, 0xcb, mask, vgacrcb);
-}
-
-void ast_cursor_show(struct ast_private *ast, int x, int y,
-		     unsigned int offset_x, unsigned int offset_y)
-{
-	struct drm_device *dev = &ast->base;
-	struct drm_gem_vram_object *gbo = ast->cursor.gbo[ast->cursor.next_index];
-	struct dma_buf_map map;
-	u8 x_offset, y_offset;
-	u8 __iomem *dst;
-	u8 __iomem *sig;
-	int ret;
-
-	ret = drm_gem_vram_vmap(gbo, &map);
-	if (drm_WARN_ONCE(dev, ret, "drm_gem_vram_vmap() failed, ret=%d\n", ret))
-		return;
-	dst = map.vaddr_iomem; /* TODO: Use mapping abstraction properly */
-
-	sig = dst + AST_HWC_SIZE;
-	writel(x, sig + AST_HWC_SIGNATURE_X);
-	writel(y, sig + AST_HWC_SIGNATURE_Y);
-
-	drm_gem_vram_vunmap(gbo, &map);
-
-	if (x < 0) {
-		x_offset = (-x) + offset_x;
-		x = 0;
-	} else {
-		x_offset = offset_x;
-	}
-	if (y < 0) {
-		y_offset = (-y) + offset_y;
-		y = 0;
-	} else {
-		y_offset = offset_y;
-	}
-
-	ast_cursor_set_location(ast, x, y, x_offset, y_offset);
-
-	ast_set_cursor_enabled(ast, true); /* dummy write to fire HWC */
-}
-
-void ast_cursor_hide(struct ast_private *ast)
-{
-	ast_set_cursor_enabled(ast, false);
-}
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/ast/ast_drv.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/ast/ast_drv.h
index c9c3950449b5..2761fa547c35 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/ast/ast_drv.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/ast/ast_drv.h
@@ -317,11 +317,4 @@ bool ast_dp501_read_edid(struct drm_device *dev, u8 *ediddata);
 u8 ast_get_dp501_max_clk(struct drm_device *dev);
 void ast_init_3rdtx(struct drm_device *dev);
 
-/* ast_cursor.c */
-int ast_cursor_blit(struct ast_private *ast, struct drm_framebuffer *fb);
-void ast_cursor_page_flip(struct ast_private *ast);
-void ast_cursor_show(struct ast_private *ast, int x, int y,
-		     unsigned int offset_x, unsigned int offset_y);
-void ast_cursor_hide(struct ast_private *ast);
-
 #endif
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/ast/ast_mode.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/ast/ast_mode.c
index 99b6f7c5cb2f..968ee0c69ec3 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/ast/ast_mode.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/ast/ast_mode.c
@@ -645,6 +645,110 @@ static int ast_primary_plane_init(struct ast_private *ast)
  * Cursor plane
  */
 
+static void ast_update_cursor_image(u8 __iomem *dst, const u8 *src, int width, int height)
+{
+	union {
+		u32 ul;
+		u8 b[4];
+	} srcdata32[2], data32;
+	union {
+		u16 us;
+		u8 b[2];
+	} data16;
+	u32 csum = 0;
+	s32 alpha_dst_delta, last_alpha_dst_delta;
+	u8 __iomem *dstxor;
+	const u8 *srcxor;
+	int i, j;
+	u32 per_pixel_copy, two_pixel_copy;
+
+	alpha_dst_delta = AST_MAX_HWC_WIDTH << 1;
+	last_alpha_dst_delta = alpha_dst_delta - (width << 1);
+
+	srcxor = src;
+	dstxor = (u8 *)dst + last_alpha_dst_delta + (AST_MAX_HWC_HEIGHT - height) * alpha_dst_delta;
+	per_pixel_copy = width & 1;
+	two_pixel_copy = width >> 1;
+
+	for (j = 0; j < height; j++) {
+		for (i = 0; i < two_pixel_copy; i++) {
+			srcdata32[0].ul = *((u32 *)srcxor) & 0xf0f0f0f0;
+			srcdata32[1].ul = *((u32 *)(srcxor + 4)) & 0xf0f0f0f0;
+			data32.b[0] = srcdata32[0].b[1] | (srcdata32[0].b[0] >> 4);
+			data32.b[1] = srcdata32[0].b[3] | (srcdata32[0].b[2] >> 4);
+			data32.b[2] = srcdata32[1].b[1] | (srcdata32[1].b[0] >> 4);
+			data32.b[3] = srcdata32[1].b[3] | (srcdata32[1].b[2] >> 4);
+
+			writel(data32.ul, dstxor);
+			csum += data32.ul;
+
+			dstxor += 4;
+			srcxor += 8;
+
+		}
+
+		for (i = 0; i < per_pixel_copy; i++) {
+			srcdata32[0].ul = *((u32 *)srcxor) & 0xf0f0f0f0;
+			data16.b[0] = srcdata32[0].b[1] | (srcdata32[0].b[0] >> 4);
+			data16.b[1] = srcdata32[0].b[3] | (srcdata32[0].b[2] >> 4);
+			writew(data16.us, dstxor);
+			csum += (u32)data16.us;
+
+			dstxor += 2;
+			srcxor += 4;
+		}
+		dstxor += last_alpha_dst_delta;
+	}
+
+	/* write checksum + signature */
+	dst += AST_HWC_SIZE;
+	writel(csum, dst);
+	writel(width, dst + AST_HWC_SIGNATURE_SizeX);
+	writel(height, dst + AST_HWC_SIGNATURE_SizeY);
+	writel(0, dst + AST_HWC_SIGNATURE_HOTSPOTX);
+	writel(0, dst + AST_HWC_SIGNATURE_HOTSPOTY);
+}
+
+static void ast_set_cursor_base(struct ast_private *ast, u64 address)
+{
+	u8 addr0 = (address >> 3) & 0xff;
+	u8 addr1 = (address >> 11) & 0xff;
+	u8 addr2 = (address >> 19) & 0xff;
+
+	ast_set_index_reg(ast, AST_IO_CRTC_PORT, 0xc8, addr0);
+	ast_set_index_reg(ast, AST_IO_CRTC_PORT, 0xc9, addr1);
+	ast_set_index_reg(ast, AST_IO_CRTC_PORT, 0xca, addr2);
+}
+
+static void ast_set_cursor_location(struct ast_private *ast, u16 x, u16 y,
+				    u8 x_offset, u8 y_offset)
+{
+	u8 x0 = (x & 0x00ff);
+	u8 x1 = (x & 0x0f00) >> 8;
+	u8 y0 = (y & 0x00ff);
+	u8 y1 = (y & 0x0700) >> 8;
+
+	ast_set_index_reg(ast, AST_IO_CRTC_PORT, 0xc2, x_offset);
+	ast_set_index_reg(ast, AST_IO_CRTC_PORT, 0xc3, y_offset);
+	ast_set_index_reg(ast, AST_IO_CRTC_PORT, 0xc4, x0);
+	ast_set_index_reg(ast, AST_IO_CRTC_PORT, 0xc5, x1);
+	ast_set_index_reg(ast, AST_IO_CRTC_PORT, 0xc6, y0);
+	ast_set_index_reg(ast, AST_IO_CRTC_PORT, 0xc7, y1);
+}
+
+static void ast_set_cursor_enabled(struct ast_private *ast, bool enabled)
+{
+	static const u8 mask = (u8)~(AST_IO_VGACRCB_HWC_16BPP |
+				     AST_IO_VGACRCB_HWC_ENABLED);
+
+	u8 vgacrcb = AST_IO_VGACRCB_HWC_16BPP;
+
+	if (enabled)
+		vgacrcb |= AST_IO_VGACRCB_HWC_ENABLED;
+
+	ast_set_index_reg_mask(ast, AST_IO_CRTC_PORT, 0xcb, mask, vgacrcb);
+}
+
 static const uint32_t ast_cursor_plane_formats[] = {
 	DRM_FORMAT_ARGB8888,
 };
@@ -654,20 +758,40 @@ ast_cursor_plane_helper_prepare_fb(struct drm_plane *plane,
 				   struct drm_plane_state *new_state)
 {
 	struct drm_framebuffer *fb = new_state->fb;
-	struct drm_crtc *crtc = new_state->crtc;
-	struct ast_private *ast;
+	struct ast_private *ast = to_ast_private(plane->dev);
+	struct drm_gem_vram_object *dst_gbo = ast->cursor.gbo[ast->cursor.next_index];
+	struct drm_gem_vram_object *src_gbo;
+	struct dma_buf_map src_map, dst_map;
+	void __iomem *dst;
+	void *src;
 	int ret;
 
-	if (!crtc || !fb)
+	if (!fb)
 		return 0;
 
-	ast = to_ast_private(plane->dev);
+	src_gbo = drm_gem_vram_of_gem(fb->obj[0]);
 
-	ret = ast_cursor_blit(ast, fb);
+	ret = drm_gem_vram_vmap(src_gbo, &src_map);
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
+	src = src_map.vaddr; /* TODO: Use mapping abstraction properly */
+
+	ret = drm_gem_vram_vmap(dst_gbo, &dst_map);
+	if (ret)
+		goto err_drm_gem_vram_vunmap;
+	dst = dst_map.vaddr_iomem; /* TODO: Use mapping abstraction properly */
+
+	/* do data transfer to cursor BO */
+	ast_update_cursor_image(dst, src, fb->width, fb->height);
+
+	drm_gem_vram_vunmap(dst_gbo, &dst_map);
+	drm_gem_vram_vunmap(src_gbo, &src_map);
 
 	return 0;
+
+err_drm_gem_vram_vunmap:
+	drm_gem_vram_vunmap(src_gbo, &src_map);
+	return ret;
 }
 
 static int ast_cursor_plane_helper_atomic_check(struct drm_plane *plane,
@@ -705,18 +829,63 @@ ast_cursor_plane_helper_atomic_update(struct drm_plane *plane,
 	struct drm_plane_state *state = plane->state;
 	struct drm_framebuffer *fb = state->fb;
 	struct ast_private *ast = to_ast_private(plane->dev);
+	struct drm_device *dev = &ast->base;
+	struct drm_gem_vram_object *gbo = ast->cursor.gbo[ast->cursor.next_index];
 	unsigned int offset_x, offset_y;
+	s64 off;
+	struct dma_buf_map map;
+	u16 x, y;
+	u8 x_offset, y_offset;
+	u8 __iomem *dst;
+	u8 __iomem *sig;
+	int ret;
 
-	offset_x = AST_MAX_HWC_WIDTH - fb->width;
-	offset_y = AST_MAX_HWC_HEIGHT - fb->height;
+	gbo = ast->cursor.gbo[ast->cursor.next_index];
 
 	if (state->fb != old_state->fb) {
 		/* A new cursor image was installed. */
-		ast_cursor_page_flip(ast);
+		off = drm_gem_vram_offset(gbo);
+		if (drm_WARN_ON_ONCE(dev, off < 0))
+			return; /* Bug: we didn't pin the cursor HW BO to VRAM. */
+		ast_set_cursor_base(ast, off);
+
+		++ast->cursor.next_index;
+		ast->cursor.next_index %= ARRAY_SIZE(ast->cursor.gbo);
+	}
+
+	ret = drm_gem_vram_vmap(gbo, &map);
+	if (drm_WARN_ONCE(dev, ret, "drm_gem_vram_vmap() failed, ret=%d\n", ret))
+		return;
+	dst = map.vaddr_iomem; /* TODO: Use mapping abstraction properly */
+
+	sig = dst + AST_HWC_SIZE;
+	writel(state->crtc_x, sig + AST_HWC_SIGNATURE_X);
+	writel(state->crtc_y, sig + AST_HWC_SIGNATURE_Y);
+
+	drm_gem_vram_vunmap(gbo, &map);
+
+	offset_x = AST_MAX_HWC_WIDTH - fb->width;
+	offset_y = AST_MAX_HWC_HEIGHT - fb->height;
+
+	if (state->crtc_x < 0) {
+		x_offset = (-state->crtc_x) + offset_x;
+		x = 0;
+	} else {
+		x_offset = offset_x;
+		x = state->crtc_x;
 	}
+	if (state->crtc_y < 0) {
+		y_offset = (-state->crtc_y) + offset_y;
+		y = 0;
+	} else {
+		y_offset = offset_y;
+		y = state->crtc_y;
+	}
+
+	ast_set_cursor_location(ast, x, y, x_offset, y_offset);
 
-	ast_cursor_show(ast, state->crtc_x, state->crtc_y,
-			offset_x, offset_y);
+	/* dummy write to fire HWC */
+	ast_set_cursor_enabled(ast, true);
 }
 
 static void
@@ -725,7 +894,7 @@ ast_cursor_plane_helper_atomic_disable(struct drm_plane *plane,
 {
 	struct ast_private *ast = to_ast_private(plane->dev);
 
-	ast_cursor_hide(ast);
+	ast_set_cursor_enabled(ast, false);
 }
 
 static const struct drm_plane_helper_funcs ast_cursor_plane_helper_funcs = {
