diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fops.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fops.c
index 7f2af9a..147a84d 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fops.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fops.c
@@ -84,8 +84,6 @@
 	struct drm_minor *minor;
 	int retcode = 0;
 	int need_setup = 0;
-	struct address_space *old_mapping;
-	struct address_space *old_imapping;
 
 	minor = idr_find(&drm_minors_idr, minor_id);
 	if (!minor)
@@ -99,16 +97,9 @@
 
 	if (!dev->open_count++)
 		need_setup = 1;
-	mutex_lock(&dev->struct_mutex);
-	old_imapping = inode->i_mapping;
-	old_mapping = dev->dev_mapping;
-	if (old_mapping == NULL)
-		dev->dev_mapping = &inode->i_data;
-	/* ihold ensures nobody can remove inode with our i_data */
-	ihold(container_of(dev->dev_mapping, struct inode, i_data));
-	inode->i_mapping = dev->dev_mapping;
-	filp->f_mapping = dev->dev_mapping;
-	mutex_unlock(&dev->struct_mutex);
+
+	/* share address_space across all char-devs of a single device */
+	filp->f_mapping = dev->anon_inode->i_mapping;
 
 	retcode = drm_open_helper(inode, filp, dev);
 	if (retcode)
@@ -121,12 +112,6 @@
 	return 0;
 
 err_undo:
-	mutex_lock(&dev->struct_mutex);
-	filp->f_mapping = old_imapping;
-	inode->i_mapping = old_imapping;
-	iput(container_of(dev->dev_mapping, struct inode, i_data));
-	dev->dev_mapping = old_mapping;
-	mutex_unlock(&dev->struct_mutex);
 	dev->open_count--;
 	return retcode;
 }
@@ -434,7 +419,6 @@
 
 	drm_legacy_dma_takedown(dev);
 
-	dev->dev_mapping = NULL;
 	mutex_unlock(&dev->struct_mutex);
 
 	drm_legacy_dev_reinit(dev);
@@ -549,9 +533,6 @@
 		}
 	}
 
-	BUG_ON(dev->dev_mapping == NULL);
-	iput(container_of(dev->dev_mapping, struct inode, i_data));
-
 	/* drop the reference held my the file priv */
 	if (file_priv->master)
 		drm_master_put(&file_priv->master);