diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i810/i810_dma.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i810/i810_dma.c
index 8f371e8..6b73c3e 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i810/i810_dma.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i810/i810_dma.c
@@ -888,7 +888,7 @@
 }
 
 /* Must be called with the lock held */
-static void i810_reclaim_buffers(struct drm_device *dev,
+void i810_driver_reclaim_buffers(struct drm_device *dev,
 				 struct drm_file *file_priv)
 {
 	struct drm_device_dma *dma = dev->dma;
@@ -1225,12 +1225,17 @@
 		if (dev_priv->page_flipping)
 			i810_do_cleanup_pageflip(dev);
 	}
-}
 
-void i810_driver_reclaim_buffers_locked(struct drm_device *dev,
-					struct drm_file *file_priv)
-{
-	i810_reclaim_buffers(dev, file_priv);
+	if (file_priv->master && file_priv->master->lock.hw_lock) {
+		drm_idlelock_take(&file_priv->master->lock);
+		i810_driver_reclaim_buffers(dev, file_priv);
+		drm_idlelock_release(&file_priv->master->lock);
+	} else {
+		/* master disappeared, clean up stuff anyway and hope nothing
+		 * goes wrong */
+		i810_driver_reclaim_buffers(dev, file_priv);
+	}
+
 }
 
 int i810_driver_dma_quiescent(struct drm_device *dev)
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i810/i810_drv.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i810/i810_drv.c
index ec12f7d..053f1ee 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i810/i810_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i810/i810_drv.c
@@ -63,7 +63,6 @@
 	.lastclose = i810_driver_lastclose,
 	.preclose = i810_driver_preclose,
 	.device_is_agp = i810_driver_device_is_agp,
-	.reclaim_buffers_locked = i810_driver_reclaim_buffers_locked,
 	.dma_quiescent = i810_driver_dma_quiescent,
 	.ioctls = i810_ioctls,
 	.fops = &i810_driver_fops,
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i810/i810_drv.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i810/i810_drv.h
index c9339f4..6e0acad 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i810/i810_drv.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i810/i810_drv.h
@@ -116,14 +116,12 @@
 
 				/* i810_dma.c */
 extern int i810_driver_dma_quiescent(struct drm_device *dev);
-extern void i810_driver_reclaim_buffers_locked(struct drm_device *dev,
-					       struct drm_file *file_priv);
+void i810_driver_reclaim_buffers(struct drm_device *dev,
+			         struct drm_file *file_priv);
 extern int i810_driver_load(struct drm_device *, unsigned long flags);
 extern void i810_driver_lastclose(struct drm_device *dev);
 extern void i810_driver_preclose(struct drm_device *dev,
 				 struct drm_file *file_priv);
-extern void i810_driver_reclaim_buffers_locked(struct drm_device *dev,
-					       struct drm_file *file_priv);
 extern int i810_driver_device_is_agp(struct drm_device *dev);
 
 extern long i810_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg);