diff --git a/drivers/char/drm/Makefile b/drivers/char/drm/Makefile
index e41060c76226..f1898cd96597 100644
--- a/drivers/char/drm/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/char/drm/Makefile
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # Direct Rendering Infrastructure (DRI) in XFree86 4.1.0 and higher.
 
 drm-objs    :=	drm_auth.o drm_bufs.o drm_context.o drm_dma.o drm_drawable.o \
-		drm_drv.o drm_fops.o drm_init.o drm_ioctl.o drm_irq.o \
+		drm_drv.o drm_fops.o drm_ioctl.o drm_irq.o \
 		drm_lock.o drm_memory.o drm_proc.o drm_stub.o drm_vm.o \
 		drm_agpsupport.o drm_scatter.o ati_pcigart.o drm_pci.o \
 		drm_sysfs.o
diff --git a/drivers/char/drm/drmP.h b/drivers/char/drm/drmP.h
index d842cce11448..3593f609241a 100644
--- a/drivers/char/drm/drmP.h
+++ b/drivers/char/drm/drmP.h
@@ -770,7 +770,6 @@ static inline int drm_core_has_MTRR(struct drm_device *dev)
 				/* Misc. support (drm_init.h) */
 extern int drm_flags;
 extern void drm_parse_options(char *s);
-extern int drm_cpu_valid(void);
 
 				/* Driver support (drm_drv.h) */
 extern int drm_init(struct drm_driver *driver);
diff --git a/drivers/char/drm/drm_fops.c b/drivers/char/drm/drm_fops.c
index f57f7d1a281e..28f01305377f 100644
--- a/drivers/char/drm/drm_fops.c
+++ b/drivers/char/drm/drm_fops.c
@@ -321,6 +321,23 @@ int drm_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
 
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_release);
 
+/**
+ * Check whether DRI will run on this CPU.
+ *
+ * \return non-zero if the DRI will run on this CPU, or zero otherwise.
+ */
+static int drm_cpu_valid(void)
+{
+#if defined(__i386__)
+	if (boot_cpu_data.x86 == 3)
+		return 0;	/* No cmpxchg on a 386 */
+#endif
+#if defined(__sparc__) && !defined(__sparc_v9__)
+	return 0;		/* No cmpxchg before v9 sparc. */
+#endif
+	return 1;
+}
+
 /**
  * Called whenever a process opens /dev/drm.
  *
diff --git a/drivers/char/drm/drm_init.c b/drivers/char/drm/drm_init.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 754b934715c4..000000000000
--- a/drivers/char/drm/drm_init.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,53 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * \file drm_init.c
- * Setup/Cleanup for DRM
- *
- * \author Rickard E. (Rik) Faith <faith@valinux.com>
- * \author Gareth Hughes <gareth@valinux.com>
- */
-
-/*
- * Created: Mon Jan  4 08:58:31 1999 by faith@valinux.com
- *
- * Copyright 1999 Precision Insight, Inc., Cedar Park, Texas.
- * Copyright 2000 VA Linux Systems, Inc., Sunnyvale, California.
- * All Rights Reserved.
- *
- * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a
- * copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"),
- * to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation
- * the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense,
- * and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the
- * Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
- *
- * The above copyright notice and this permission notice (including the next
- * paragraph) shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the
- * Software.
- *
- * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
- * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
- * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.  IN NO EVENT SHALL
- * VA LINUX SYSTEMS AND/OR ITS SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR
- * OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE,
- * ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR
- * OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
- */
-
-#include "drmP.h"
-
-/**
- * Check whether DRI will run on this CPU.
- *
- * \return non-zero if the DRI will run on this CPU, or zero otherwise.
- */
-int drm_cpu_valid(void)
-{
-#if defined(__i386__)
-	if (boot_cpu_data.x86 == 3)
-		return 0;	/* No cmpxchg on a 386 */
-#endif
-#if defined(__sparc__) && !defined(__sparc_v9__)
-	return 0;		/* No cmpxchg before v9 sparc. */
-#endif
-	return 1;
-}