diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic.c
index 320b4e7..149c599 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic.c
@@ -1708,20 +1708,6 @@
  *	helpers and for the DRM event handling for existing userspace.
  */
 
-static struct fence *get_crtc_fence(struct drm_crtc *crtc)
-{
-	struct fence *fence;
-
-	fence = kzalloc(sizeof(*fence), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!fence)
-		return NULL;
-
-	fence_init(fence, &drm_crtc_fence_ops, &crtc->fence_lock,
-		       crtc->fence_context, ++crtc->fence_seqno);
-
-	return fence;
-}
-
 struct drm_out_fence_state {
 	s64 __user *out_fence_ptr;
 	struct sync_file *sync_file;
@@ -1803,7 +1789,7 @@
 			f[*num_fences].out_fence_ptr = fence_ptr;
 			*fence_state = f;
 
-			fence = get_crtc_fence(crtc);
+			fence = drm_crtc_create_fence(crtc);
 			if (!fence)
 				return -ENOMEM;