diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_drv.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_drv.c
index 749db18dcfa2..9d963f1fda8f 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_drv.c
@@ -29,8 +29,6 @@
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/console.h>
 #include <linux/pci.h>
-#include <linux/poll.h>
-#include <linux/wait.h>
 
 #include <drm/drm.h>
 #include <drm/drm_aperture.h>
@@ -157,35 +155,6 @@ static void virtio_gpu_config_changed(struct virtio_device *vdev)
 	schedule_work(&vgdev->config_changed_work);
 }
 
-static __poll_t virtio_gpu_poll(struct file *filp,
-				struct poll_table_struct *wait)
-{
-	struct drm_file *drm_file = filp->private_data;
-	struct virtio_gpu_fpriv *vfpriv = drm_file->driver_priv;
-	struct drm_device *dev = drm_file->minor->dev;
-	struct drm_pending_event *e = NULL;
-	__poll_t mask = 0;
-
-	if (!vfpriv->ring_idx_mask)
-		return drm_poll(filp, wait);
-
-	poll_wait(filp, &drm_file->event_wait, wait);
-
-	if (!list_empty(&drm_file->event_list)) {
-		spin_lock_irq(&dev->event_lock);
-		e = list_first_entry(&drm_file->event_list,
-				     struct drm_pending_event, link);
-		drm_file->event_space += e->event->length;
-		list_del(&e->link);
-		spin_unlock_irq(&dev->event_lock);
-
-		kfree(e);
-		mask |= EPOLLIN | EPOLLRDNORM;
-	}
-
-	return mask;
-}
-
 static struct virtio_device_id id_table[] = {
 	{ VIRTIO_ID_GPU, VIRTIO_DEV_ANY_ID },
 	{ 0 },
@@ -225,17 +194,7 @@ MODULE_AUTHOR("Dave Airlie <airlied@redhat.com>");
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@redhat.com>");
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Alon Levy");
 
-static const struct file_operations virtio_gpu_driver_fops = {
-	.owner          = THIS_MODULE,
-	.open           = drm_open,
-	.release        = drm_release,
-	.unlocked_ioctl = drm_ioctl,
-	.compat_ioctl   = drm_compat_ioctl,
-	.poll           = virtio_gpu_poll,
-	.read           = drm_read,
-	.llseek         = noop_llseek,
-	.mmap           = drm_gem_mmap
-};
+DEFINE_DRM_GEM_FOPS(virtio_gpu_driver_fops);
 
 static const struct drm_driver driver = {
 	.driver_features = DRIVER_MODESET | DRIVER_GEM | DRIVER_RENDER | DRIVER_ATOMIC,
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_drv.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_drv.h
index e0265fe74aa5..cb60d52c2bd1 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_drv.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_drv.h
@@ -138,18 +138,11 @@ struct virtio_gpu_fence_driver {
 	spinlock_t       lock;
 };
 
-#define VIRTGPU_EVENT_FENCE_SIGNALED_INTERNAL 0x10000000
-struct virtio_gpu_fence_event {
-	struct drm_pending_event base;
-	struct drm_event event;
-};
-
 struct virtio_gpu_fence {
 	struct dma_fence f;
 	uint32_t ring_idx;
 	uint64_t fence_id;
 	bool emit_fence_info;
-	struct virtio_gpu_fence_event *e;
 	struct virtio_gpu_fence_driver *drv;
 	struct list_head node;
 };
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_fence.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_fence.c
index f28357dbde35..98a00c1e654d 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_fence.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_fence.c
@@ -152,21 +152,11 @@ void virtio_gpu_fence_event_process(struct virtio_gpu_device *vgdev,
 				continue;
 
 			dma_fence_signal_locked(&curr->f);
-			if (curr->e) {
-				drm_send_event(vgdev->ddev, &curr->e->base);
-				curr->e = NULL;
-			}
-
 			list_del(&curr->node);
 			dma_fence_put(&curr->f);
 		}
 
 		dma_fence_signal_locked(&signaled->f);
-		if (signaled->e) {
-			drm_send_event(vgdev->ddev, &signaled->e->base);
-			signaled->e = NULL;
-		}
-
 		list_del(&signaled->node);
 		dma_fence_put(&signaled->f);
 		break;
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_ioctl.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_ioctl.c
index fdaa7f3d9eeb..be7b22a03884 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_ioctl.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_ioctl.c
@@ -38,36 +38,6 @@
 				    VIRTGPU_BLOB_FLAG_USE_SHAREABLE | \
 				    VIRTGPU_BLOB_FLAG_USE_CROSS_DEVICE)
 
-static int virtio_gpu_fence_event_create(struct drm_device *dev,
-					 struct drm_file *file,
-					 struct virtio_gpu_fence *fence,
-					 uint32_t ring_idx)
-{
-	struct virtio_gpu_fpriv *vfpriv = file->driver_priv;
-	struct virtio_gpu_fence_event *e = NULL;
-	int ret;
-
-	if (!(vfpriv->ring_idx_mask & (1 << ring_idx)))
-		return 0;
-
-	e = kzalloc(sizeof(*e), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!e)
-		return -ENOMEM;
-
-	e->event.type = VIRTGPU_EVENT_FENCE_SIGNALED_INTERNAL;
-	e->event.length = sizeof(e->event);
-
-	ret = drm_event_reserve_init(dev, file, &e->base, &e->event);
-	if (ret)
-		goto free;
-
-	fence->e = e;
-	return 0;
-free:
-	kfree(e);
-	return ret;
-}
-
 /* Must be called with &virtio_gpu_fpriv.struct_mutex held. */
 static void virtio_gpu_create_context_locked(struct virtio_gpu_device *vgdev,
 					     struct virtio_gpu_fpriv *vfpriv)
@@ -225,10 +195,6 @@ static int virtio_gpu_execbuffer_ioctl(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
 		goto out_unresv;
 	}
 
-	ret = virtio_gpu_fence_event_create(dev, file, out_fence, ring_idx);
-	if (ret)
-		goto out_unresv;
-
 	if (out_fence_fd >= 0) {
 		sync_file = sync_file_create(&out_fence->f);
 		if (!sync_file) {