diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_crtc.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_crtc.c
index 8c550302a9ef..589a921d4313 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_crtc.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_crtc.c
@@ -3457,7 +3457,7 @@ struct drm_property *drm_property_create(struct drm_device *dev, int flags,
 
 	property->flags = flags;
 	property->num_values = num_values;
-	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&property->enum_blob_list);
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&property->enum_list);
 
 	if (name) {
 		strncpy(property->name, name, DRM_PROP_NAME_LEN);
@@ -3679,8 +3679,8 @@ int drm_property_add_enum(struct drm_property *property, int index,
 			(value > 63))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	if (!list_empty(&property->enum_blob_list)) {
-		list_for_each_entry(prop_enum, &property->enum_blob_list, head) {
+	if (!list_empty(&property->enum_list)) {
+		list_for_each_entry(prop_enum, &property->enum_list, head) {
 			if (prop_enum->value == value) {
 				strncpy(prop_enum->name, name, DRM_PROP_NAME_LEN);
 				prop_enum->name[DRM_PROP_NAME_LEN-1] = '\0';
@@ -3698,7 +3698,7 @@ int drm_property_add_enum(struct drm_property *property, int index,
 	prop_enum->value = value;
 
 	property->values[index] = value;
-	list_add_tail(&prop_enum->head, &property->enum_blob_list);
+	list_add_tail(&prop_enum->head, &property->enum_list);
 	return 0;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_property_add_enum);
@@ -3715,7 +3715,7 @@ void drm_property_destroy(struct drm_device *dev, struct drm_property *property)
 {
 	struct drm_property_enum *prop_enum, *pt;
 
-	list_for_each_entry_safe(prop_enum, pt, &property->enum_blob_list, head) {
+	list_for_each_entry_safe(prop_enum, pt, &property->enum_list, head) {
 		list_del(&prop_enum->head);
 		kfree(prop_enum);
 	}
@@ -3839,16 +3839,12 @@ int drm_mode_getproperty_ioctl(struct drm_device *dev,
 	struct drm_mode_get_property *out_resp = data;
 	struct drm_property *property;
 	int enum_count = 0;
-	int blob_count = 0;
 	int value_count = 0;
 	int ret = 0, i;
 	int copied;
 	struct drm_property_enum *prop_enum;
 	struct drm_mode_property_enum __user *enum_ptr;
-	struct drm_property_blob *prop_blob;
-	uint32_t __user *blob_id_ptr;
 	uint64_t __user *values_ptr;
-	uint32_t __user *blob_length_ptr;
 
 	if (!drm_core_check_feature(dev, DRIVER_MODESET))
 		return -EINVAL;
@@ -3862,11 +3858,8 @@ int drm_mode_getproperty_ioctl(struct drm_device *dev,
 
 	if (drm_property_type_is(property, DRM_MODE_PROP_ENUM) ||
 			drm_property_type_is(property, DRM_MODE_PROP_BITMASK)) {
-		list_for_each_entry(prop_enum, &property->enum_blob_list, head)
+		list_for_each_entry(prop_enum, &property->enum_list, head)
 			enum_count++;
-	} else if (drm_property_type_is(property, DRM_MODE_PROP_BLOB)) {
-		list_for_each_entry(prop_blob, &property->enum_blob_list, head)
-			blob_count++;
 	}
 
 	value_count = property->num_values;
@@ -3891,7 +3884,7 @@ int drm_mode_getproperty_ioctl(struct drm_device *dev,
 		if ((out_resp->count_enum_blobs >= enum_count) && enum_count) {
 			copied = 0;
 			enum_ptr = (struct drm_mode_property_enum __user *)(unsigned long)out_resp->enum_blob_ptr;
-			list_for_each_entry(prop_enum, &property->enum_blob_list, head) {
+			list_for_each_entry(prop_enum, &property->enum_list, head) {
 
 				if (copy_to_user(&enum_ptr[copied].value, &prop_enum->value, sizeof(uint64_t))) {
 					ret = -EFAULT;
@@ -3909,28 +3902,16 @@ int drm_mode_getproperty_ioctl(struct drm_device *dev,
 		out_resp->count_enum_blobs = enum_count;
 	}
 
-	if (drm_property_type_is(property, DRM_MODE_PROP_BLOB)) {
-		if ((out_resp->count_enum_blobs >= blob_count) && blob_count) {
-			copied = 0;
-			blob_id_ptr = (uint32_t __user *)(unsigned long)out_resp->enum_blob_ptr;
-			blob_length_ptr = (uint32_t __user *)(unsigned long)out_resp->values_ptr;
-
-			list_for_each_entry(prop_blob, &property->enum_blob_list, head) {
-				if (put_user(prop_blob->base.id, blob_id_ptr + copied)) {
-					ret = -EFAULT;
-					goto done;
-				}
-
-				if (put_user(prop_blob->length, blob_length_ptr + copied)) {
-					ret = -EFAULT;
-					goto done;
-				}
-
-				copied++;
-			}
-		}
-		out_resp->count_enum_blobs = blob_count;
-	}
+	/*
+	 * NOTE: The idea seems to have been to use this to read all the blob
+	 * property values. But nothing ever added them to the corresponding
+	 * list, userspace always used the special-purpose get_blob ioctl to
+	 * read the value for a blob property. It also doesn't make a lot of
+	 * sense to return values here when everything else is just metadata for
+	 * the property itself.
+	 */
+	if (drm_property_type_is(property, DRM_MODE_PROP_BLOB))
+		out_resp->count_enum_blobs = 0;
 done:
 	drm_modeset_unlock_all(dev);
 	return ret;
diff --git a/include/drm/drm_crtc.h b/include/drm/drm_crtc.h
index f3142c64e3d5..b459e8fbbc25 100644
--- a/include/drm/drm_crtc.h
+++ b/include/drm/drm_crtc.h
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ struct drm_property {
 	uint64_t *values;
 	struct drm_device *dev;
 
-	struct list_head enum_blob_list;
+	struct list_head enum_list;
 };
 
 struct drm_crtc;
diff --git a/include/uapi/drm/drm_mode.h b/include/uapi/drm/drm_mode.h
index a0db2d4aa5f0..86574b0005ff 100644
--- a/include/uapi/drm/drm_mode.h
+++ b/include/uapi/drm/drm_mode.h
@@ -286,6 +286,8 @@ struct drm_mode_get_property {
 	char name[DRM_PROP_NAME_LEN];
 
 	__u32 count_values;
+	/* This is only used to count enum values, not blobs. The _blobs is
+	 * simply because of a historical reason, i.e. backwards compat. */
 	__u32 count_enum_blobs;
 };