diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/core/event.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/core/event.c
index e69c463e66e25540c16bbd67a87965d1261229ec..9393c37b71c9c1886460c99c0677501882fc8940 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/core/event.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/core/event.c
@@ -27,11 +27,13 @@ static void
 nouveau_event_put_locked(struct nouveau_event *event, int index,
 			 struct nouveau_eventh *handler)
 {
-	if (!--event->index[index].refs) {
-		if (event->disable)
-			event->disable(event, index);
+	if (__test_and_clear_bit(NVKM_EVENT_ENABLE, &handler->flags)) {
+		if (!--event->index[index].refs) {
+			if (event->disable)
+				event->disable(event, index);
+		}
+		list_del(&handler->head);
 	}
-	list_del(&handler->head);
 }
 
 void
@@ -58,10 +60,12 @@ nouveau_event_get(struct nouveau_event *event, int index,
 		return;
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&event->lock, flags);
-	list_add(&handler->head, &event->index[index].list);
-	if (!event->index[index].refs++) {
-		if (event->enable)
-			event->enable(event, index);
+	if (!__test_and_set_bit(NVKM_EVENT_ENABLE, &handler->flags)) {
+		list_add(&handler->head, &event->index[index].list);
+		if (!event->index[index].refs++) {
+			if (event->enable)
+				event->enable(event, index);
+		}
 	}
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&event->lock, flags);
 }
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/include/core/event.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/include/core/event.h
index ad4d8c283d5fe330b137af7b30c5e274ba054636..cb2f632cb3a549ed87d39b6df58d71bb74125008 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/include/core/event.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/include/core/event.h
@@ -5,8 +5,12 @@
 #define NVKM_EVENT_DROP 0
 #define NVKM_EVENT_KEEP 1
 
+/* nouveau_eventh.flags bit #s */
+#define NVKM_EVENT_ENABLE 0
+
 struct nouveau_eventh {
 	struct list_head head;
+	unsigned long flags;
 	void *priv;
 	int (*func)(struct nouveau_eventh *, int index);
 };
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_drm.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_drm.c
index 20626b93130c1d62416f5ed8ac616ffa8c8db26b..42e30e256cdce647c9e40376ed593e807fd2797d 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_drm.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_drm.c
@@ -95,7 +95,6 @@ nouveau_drm_vblank_enable(struct drm_device *dev, int head)
 
 	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(head >= ARRAY_SIZE(drm->vblank)))
 		return -EIO;
-	WARN_ON_ONCE(drm->vblank[head].func);
 	drm->vblank[head].func = nouveau_drm_vblank_handler;
 	nouveau_event_get(pdisp->vblank, head, &drm->vblank[head]);
 	return 0;
@@ -106,11 +105,8 @@ nouveau_drm_vblank_disable(struct drm_device *dev, int head)
 {
 	struct nouveau_drm *drm = nouveau_drm(dev);
 	struct nouveau_disp *pdisp = nouveau_disp(drm->device);
-	if (drm->vblank[head].func)
-		nouveau_event_put(pdisp->vblank, head, &drm->vblank[head]);
-	else
-		WARN_ON_ONCE(1);
-	drm->vblank[head].func = NULL;
+
+	nouveau_event_put(pdisp->vblank, head, &drm->vblank[head]);
 }
 
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