diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_file.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_file.c
index 46f48f245eb5a5df0db52e17d188ac01da723510..e9607acfb62925da38b000739dee946d73740c2d 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_file.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_file.c
@@ -262,6 +262,18 @@ void drm_file_free(struct drm_file *file)
 	kfree(file);
 }
 
+static void drm_close_helper(struct file *filp)
+{
+	struct drm_file *file_priv = filp->private_data;
+	struct drm_device *dev = file_priv->minor->dev;
+
+	mutex_lock(&dev->filelist_mutex);
+	list_del(&file_priv->lhead);
+	mutex_unlock(&dev->filelist_mutex);
+
+	drm_file_free(file_priv);
+}
+
 static int drm_setup(struct drm_device * dev)
 {
 	int ret;
@@ -473,11 +485,7 @@ int drm_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
 
 	DRM_DEBUG("open_count = %d\n", dev->open_count);
 
-	mutex_lock(&dev->filelist_mutex);
-	list_del(&file_priv->lhead);
-	mutex_unlock(&dev->filelist_mutex);
-
-	drm_file_free(file_priv);
+	drm_close_helper(filp);
 
 	if (!--dev->open_count) {
 		drm_lastclose(dev);