diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_drv.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_drv.h
index 5ac8a164a1ee..1348705faf6b 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_drv.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_drv.h
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
 			ret__ = -ETIMEDOUT;				\
 			break;						\
 		}							\
-		if (W && !(in_atomic() || in_dbg_master())) msleep(W);	\
+		if (W && drm_can_sleep()) msleep(W);	\
 	}								\
 	ret__;								\
 })
@@ -48,13 +48,6 @@
 #define wait_for(COND, MS) _wait_for(COND, MS, 1)
 #define wait_for_atomic(COND, MS) _wait_for(COND, MS, 0)
 
-#define MSLEEP(x) do { \
-	if (in_dbg_master()) \
-		mdelay(x); \
-	else \
-		msleep(x); \
-} while (0)
-
 #define KHz(x) (1000*x)
 #define MHz(x) KHz(1000*x)
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/atom.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/atom.c
index 14cc88aaf3a7..d1bd239cd9e9 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/atom.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/atom.c
@@ -665,6 +665,8 @@ static void atom_op_delay(atom_exec_context *ctx, int *ptr, int arg)
 	SDEBUG("   count: %d\n", count);
 	if (arg == ATOM_UNIT_MICROSEC)
 		udelay(count);
+	else if (!drm_can_sleep())
+		mdelay(count);
 	else
 		msleep(count);
 }
diff --git a/include/drm/drmP.h b/include/drm/drmP.h
index ecd5984ef689..954badb08120 100644
--- a/include/drm/drmP.h
+++ b/include/drm/drmP.h
@@ -1696,5 +1696,13 @@ extern void drm_platform_exit(struct drm_driver *driver, struct platform_device
 extern int drm_get_platform_dev(struct platform_device *pdev,
 				struct drm_driver *driver);
 
+/* returns true if currently okay to sleep */
+static __inline__ bool drm_can_sleep(void)
+{
+	if (in_atomic() || in_dbg_master() || irqs_disabled())
+		return false;
+	return true;
+}
+
 #endif				/* __KERNEL__ */
 #endif