diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/dpu1/dpu_encoder_phys_vid.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/dpu1/dpu_encoder_phys_vid.c
index bd3ab2ab6515..bf7eb70ed2da 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/dpu1/dpu_encoder_phys_vid.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/dpu1/dpu_encoder_phys_vid.c
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ static void dpu_encoder_phys_vid_setup_timing_engine(
 
 	drm_mode_to_intf_timing_params(phys_enc, &mode, &timing_params);
 
-	fmt = phys_enc->dpu_kms->base.funcs->get_format(&phys_enc->dpu_kms->base, fmt_fourcc, 0);
+	fmt = mdp_get_format(&phys_enc->dpu_kms->base, fmt_fourcc, 0);
 	DPU_DEBUG_VIDENC(phys_enc, "fmt_fourcc 0x%X\n", fmt_fourcc);
 
 	intf_cfg.intf = phys_enc->hw_intf->idx;
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/dpu1/dpu_encoder_phys_wb.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/dpu1/dpu_encoder_phys_wb.c
index cef6066c0d3e..c1ec514e73d3 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/dpu1/dpu_encoder_phys_wb.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/dpu1/dpu_encoder_phys_wb.c
@@ -622,7 +622,7 @@ static void dpu_encoder_phys_wb_prepare_wb_job(struct dpu_encoder_phys *phys_enc
 
 	format = msm_framebuffer_format(job->fb);
 
-	wb_cfg->dest.format = phys_enc->dpu_kms->base.funcs->get_format(&phys_enc->dpu_kms->base,
+	wb_cfg->dest.format = mdp_get_format(&phys_enc->dpu_kms->base,
 					     format->pixel_format, job->fb->modifier);
 	if (!wb_cfg->dest.format) {
 		/* this error should be detected during atomic_check */
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/dpu1/dpu_kms.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/dpu1/dpu_kms.c
index faff3aaf1029..4977269fbe57 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/dpu1/dpu_kms.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/dpu1/dpu_kms.c
@@ -981,7 +981,6 @@ static const struct msm_kms_funcs kms_funcs = {
 	.enable_vblank   = dpu_kms_enable_vblank,
 	.disable_vblank  = dpu_kms_disable_vblank,
 	.check_modified_format = dpu_format_check_modified_format,
-	.get_format      = mdp_get_format,
 	.destroy         = dpu_kms_destroy,
 	.snapshot        = dpu_kms_mdp_snapshot,
 #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_FS
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/dpu1/dpu_plane.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/dpu1/dpu_plane.c
index 1d7e0068e9c3..a8ede71d84de 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/dpu1/dpu_plane.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/dpu1/dpu_plane.c
@@ -659,7 +659,7 @@ static void _dpu_plane_color_fill(struct dpu_plane *pdpu,
 	 * select fill format to match user property expectation,
 	 * h/w only supports RGB variants
 	 */
-	fmt = priv->kms->funcs->get_format(priv->kms, DRM_FORMAT_ABGR8888, 0);
+	fmt = mdp_get_format(priv->kms, DRM_FORMAT_ABGR8888, 0);
 	/* should not happen ever */
 	if (!fmt)
 		return;
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/mdp4/mdp4_kms.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/mdp4/mdp4_kms.c
index 4ba1cb74ad76..6e4e74f9d63d 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/mdp4/mdp4_kms.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/mdp4/mdp4_kms.c
@@ -151,7 +151,6 @@ static const struct mdp_kms_funcs kms_funcs = {
 		.flush_commit    = mdp4_flush_commit,
 		.wait_flush      = mdp4_wait_flush,
 		.complete_commit = mdp4_complete_commit,
-		.get_format      = mdp_get_format,
 		.round_pixclk    = mdp4_round_pixclk,
 		.destroy         = mdp4_destroy,
 	},
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/mdp5/mdp5_kms.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/mdp5/mdp5_kms.c
index 48f447f4e183..18670ea40a3a 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/mdp5/mdp5_kms.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/mdp5/mdp5_kms.c
@@ -267,7 +267,6 @@ static const struct mdp_kms_funcs kms_funcs = {
 		.prepare_commit  = mdp5_prepare_commit,
 		.wait_flush      = mdp5_wait_flush,
 		.complete_commit = mdp5_complete_commit,
-		.get_format      = mdp_get_format,
 		.set_split_display = mdp5_set_split_display,
 		.destroy         = mdp5_kms_destroy,
 #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_FS
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_fb.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_fb.c
index e3f61c39df69..8326150e5e0c 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_fb.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_fb.c
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ static struct drm_framebuffer *msm_framebuffer_init(struct drm_device *dev,
 			(char *)&mode_cmd->pixel_format);
 
 	n = info->num_planes;
-	format = kms->funcs->get_format(kms, mode_cmd->pixel_format,
+	format = mdp_get_format(kms, mode_cmd->pixel_format,
 			mode_cmd->modifier[0]);
 	if (!format) {
 		DRM_DEV_ERROR(dev->dev, "unsupported pixel format: %4.4s\n",
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_kms.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_kms.h
index 44aa435d68ce..2b2f3d359709 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_kms.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_kms.h
@@ -92,10 +92,6 @@ struct msm_kms_funcs {
 	 * Format handling:
 	 */
 
-	/* get msm_format w/ optional format modifiers from drm_mode_fb_cmd2 */
-	const struct msm_format *(*get_format)(struct msm_kms *kms,
-					const uint32_t format,
-					const uint64_t modifiers);
 	/* do format checking on format modified through fb_cmd2 modifiers */
 	int (*check_modified_format)(const struct msm_kms *kms,
 			const struct msm_format *msm_fmt,
