diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic_helper.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic_helper.c
index 65b9adf5777c19b3ceea7c6228ff4cb15ca4f1ca..9c528bbcd8d25965bb095c408d56ec050bf0bb0b 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic_helper.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic_helper.c
@@ -768,34 +768,44 @@ crtc_set_mode(struct drm_device *dev, struct drm_atomic_state *old_state)
 }
 
 /**
- * drm_atomic_helper_commit_pre_planes - modeset commit before plane updates
+ * drm_atomic_helper_commit_modeset_disables - modeset commit to disable outputs
  * @dev: DRM device
  * @old_state: atomic state object with old state structures
  *
- * This function commits the modeset changes that need to be committed before
- * updating planes. It shuts down all the outputs that need to be shut down and
+ * This function shuts down all the outputs that need to be shut down and
  * prepares them (if required) with the new mode.
+ *
+ * For compatability with legacy crtc helpers this should be called before
+ * drm_atomic_helper_commit_planes(), which is what the default commit function
+ * does. But drivers with different needs can group the modeset commits together
+ * and do the plane commits at the end. This is useful for drivers doing runtime
+ * PM since planes updates then only happen when the CRTC is actually enabled.
  */
-void drm_atomic_helper_commit_pre_planes(struct drm_device *dev,
-					 struct drm_atomic_state *old_state)
+void drm_atomic_helper_commit_modeset_disables(struct drm_device *dev,
+					       struct drm_atomic_state *old_state)
 {
 	disable_outputs(dev, old_state);
 	set_routing_links(dev, old_state);
 	crtc_set_mode(dev, old_state);
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_atomic_helper_commit_pre_planes);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_atomic_helper_commit_modeset_disables);
 
 /**
- * drm_atomic_helper_commit_post_planes - modeset commit after plane updates
+ * drm_atomic_helper_commit_modeset_enables - modeset commit to enable outputs
  * @dev: DRM device
  * @old_state: atomic state object with old state structures
  *
- * This function commits the modeset changes that need to be committed after
- * updating planes: It enables all the outputs with the new configuration which
- * had to be turned off for the update.
+ * This function enables all the outputs with the new configuration which had to
+ * be turned off for the update.
+ *
+ * For compatability with legacy crtc helpers this should be called after
+ * drm_atomic_helper_commit_planes(), which is what the default commit function
+ * does. But drivers with different needs can group the modeset commits together
+ * and do the plane commits at the end. This is useful for drivers doing runtime
+ * PM since planes updates then only happen when the CRTC is actually enabled.
  */
-void drm_atomic_helper_commit_post_planes(struct drm_device *dev,
-					  struct drm_atomic_state *old_state)
+void drm_atomic_helper_commit_modeset_enables(struct drm_device *dev,
+					      struct drm_atomic_state *old_state)
 {
 	int ncrtcs = old_state->dev->mode_config.num_crtc;
 	int i;
@@ -861,7 +871,7 @@ void drm_atomic_helper_commit_post_planes(struct drm_device *dev,
 			encoder->bridge->funcs->enable(encoder->bridge);
 	}
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_atomic_helper_commit_post_planes);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_atomic_helper_commit_modeset_enables);
 
 static void wait_for_fences(struct drm_device *dev,
 			    struct drm_atomic_state *state)
@@ -1030,11 +1040,11 @@ int drm_atomic_helper_commit(struct drm_device *dev,
 
 	wait_for_fences(dev, state);
 
-	drm_atomic_helper_commit_pre_planes(dev, state);
+	drm_atomic_helper_commit_modeset_disables(dev, state);
 
 	drm_atomic_helper_commit_planes(dev, state);
 
-	drm_atomic_helper_commit_post_planes(dev, state);
+	drm_atomic_helper_commit_modeset_enables(dev, state);
 
 	drm_atomic_helper_wait_for_vblanks(dev, state);
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_atomic.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_atomic.c
index 19a9dd5408f35ee14998c6aeef9a9bf2af50aa51..011b8960fd75baab5fda39d768257625345bde7a 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_atomic.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_atomic.c
@@ -134,9 +134,9 @@ int intel_atomic_commit(struct drm_device *dev,
 	 * FIXME:  The proper sequence here will eventually be:
 	 *
 	 * drm_atomic_helper_swap_state(dev, state)
-	 * drm_atomic_helper_commit_pre_planes(dev, state);
+	 * drm_atomic_helper_commit_modeset_disables(dev, state);
 	 * drm_atomic_helper_commit_planes(dev, state);
-	 * drm_atomic_helper_commit_post_planes(dev, state);
+	 * drm_atomic_helper_commit_modeset_enables(dev, state);
 	 * drm_atomic_helper_wait_for_vblanks(dev, state);
 	 * drm_atomic_helper_cleanup_planes(dev, state);
 	 * drm_atomic_state_free(state);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_atomic.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_atomic.c
index 871aa2108dc694795e74f2b308031c849ad1a966..7c412292a0ffc66861a1115f9aa590ace903c5f6 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_atomic.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_atomic.c
@@ -96,11 +96,11 @@ static void complete_commit(struct msm_commit *c)
 
 	kms->funcs->prepare_commit(kms, state);
 
-	drm_atomic_helper_commit_pre_planes(dev, state);
+	drm_atomic_helper_commit_modeset_disables(dev, state);
 
 	drm_atomic_helper_commit_planes(dev, state);
 
-	drm_atomic_helper_commit_post_planes(dev, state);
+	drm_atomic_helper_commit_modeset_enables(dev, state);
 
 	/* NOTE: _wait_for_vblanks() only waits for vblank on
 	 * enabled CRTCs.  So we end up faulting when disabling
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/tegra/drm.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/tegra/drm.c
index 7dd328d77996f77101d77e43f41049c66202bfcd..5f1880766110455034db47d1e21f4e89c7d13e3e 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/tegra/drm.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/tegra/drm.c
@@ -55,9 +55,9 @@ static void tegra_atomic_complete(struct tegra_drm *tegra,
 	 * current layout.
 	 */
 
-	drm_atomic_helper_commit_pre_planes(drm, state);
+	drm_atomic_helper_commit_modeset_disables(drm, state);
 	drm_atomic_helper_commit_planes(drm, state);
-	drm_atomic_helper_commit_post_planes(drm, state);
+	drm_atomic_helper_commit_modeset_enables(drm, state);
 
 	drm_atomic_helper_wait_for_vblanks(drm, state);
 
diff --git a/include/drm/drm_atomic_helper.h b/include/drm/drm_atomic_helper.h
index 8039d54a7441276f8fb529d42c0c0bfc35bfb192..829280b56874a4057f8c509739bb04f6466d4272 100644
--- a/include/drm/drm_atomic_helper.h
+++ b/include/drm/drm_atomic_helper.h
@@ -43,9 +43,9 @@ int drm_atomic_helper_commit(struct drm_device *dev,
 void drm_atomic_helper_wait_for_vblanks(struct drm_device *dev,
 					struct drm_atomic_state *old_state);
 
-void drm_atomic_helper_commit_pre_planes(struct drm_device *dev,
-					 struct drm_atomic_state *state);
-void drm_atomic_helper_commit_post_planes(struct drm_device *dev,
+void drm_atomic_helper_commit_modeset_disables(struct drm_device *dev,
+					       struct drm_atomic_state *state);
+void drm_atomic_helper_commit_modeset_enables(struct drm_device *dev,
 					  struct drm_atomic_state *old_state);
 
 int drm_atomic_helper_prepare_planes(struct drm_device *dev,