diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_agpsupport.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_agpsupport.c
index 605bd243fb36..d621c8a4cf00 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_agpsupport.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_agpsupport.c
@@ -430,9 +430,7 @@ struct drm_agp_head *drm_agp_init(struct drm_device *dev)
  * intact so it can still be used. It is safe to call this if AGP is disabled or
  * was already removed.
  *
- * If DRIVER_MODESET is active, nothing is done to protect the modesetting
- * resources from getting destroyed. Drivers are responsible of cleaning them up
- * during device shutdown.
+ * Cleanup is only done for drivers who have DRIVER_LEGACY set.
  */
 void drm_legacy_agp_clear(struct drm_device *dev)
 {
@@ -440,7 +438,7 @@ void drm_legacy_agp_clear(struct drm_device *dev)
 
 	if (!dev->agp)
 		return;
-	if (drm_core_check_feature(dev, DRIVER_MODESET))
+	if (!drm_core_check_feature(dev, DRIVER_LEGACY))
 		return;
 
 	list_for_each_entry_safe(entry, tempe, &dev->agp->memory, head) {
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_auth.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_auth.c
index 4153e8a193af..6b143514a566 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_auth.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_auth.c
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ void drm_master_release(struct drm_file *file_priv)
 	if (!drm_is_current_master(file_priv))
 		goto out;
 
-	if (!drm_core_check_feature(dev, DRIVER_MODESET)) {
+	if (drm_core_check_feature(dev, DRIVER_LEGACY)) {
 		/*
 		 * Since the master is disappearing, so is the
 		 * possibility to lock.
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_bufs.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_bufs.c
index c3a12cd8bd0d..32191513e82d 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_bufs.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_bufs.c
@@ -397,7 +397,7 @@ int drm_legacy_addmap_ioctl(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
 		return -EPERM;
 
 	if (!drm_core_check_feature(dev, DRIVER_KMS_LEGACY_CONTEXT) &&
-	    drm_core_check_feature(dev, DRIVER_MODESET))
+	    !drm_core_check_feature(dev, DRIVER_LEGACY))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	err = drm_addmap_core(dev, map->offset, map->size, map->type,
@@ -443,7 +443,7 @@ int drm_legacy_getmap_ioctl(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
 	int i;
 
 	if (!drm_core_check_feature(dev, DRIVER_KMS_LEGACY_CONTEXT) &&
-	    drm_core_check_feature(dev, DRIVER_MODESET))
+	    !drm_core_check_feature(dev, DRIVER_LEGACY))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	idx = map->offset;
@@ -545,7 +545,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_legacy_rmmap_locked);
 void drm_legacy_rmmap(struct drm_device *dev, struct drm_local_map *map)
 {
 	if (!drm_core_check_feature(dev, DRIVER_KMS_LEGACY_CONTEXT) &&
-	    drm_core_check_feature(dev, DRIVER_MODESET))
+	    !drm_core_check_feature(dev, DRIVER_LEGACY))
 		return;
 
 	mutex_lock(&dev->struct_mutex);
@@ -558,7 +558,7 @@ void drm_legacy_master_rmmaps(struct drm_device *dev, struct drm_master *master)
 {
 	struct drm_map_list *r_list, *list_temp;
 
-	if (drm_core_check_feature(dev, DRIVER_MODESET))
+	if (!drm_core_check_feature(dev, DRIVER_LEGACY))
 		return;
 
 	mutex_lock(&dev->struct_mutex);
@@ -595,7 +595,7 @@ int drm_legacy_rmmap_ioctl(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
 	int ret;
 
 	if (!drm_core_check_feature(dev, DRIVER_KMS_LEGACY_CONTEXT) &&
-	    drm_core_check_feature(dev, DRIVER_MODESET))
+	    !drm_core_check_feature(dev, DRIVER_LEGACY))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	mutex_lock(&dev->struct_mutex);
@@ -1220,7 +1220,7 @@ int drm_legacy_addbufs(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
 	struct drm_buf_desc *request = data;
 	int ret;
 
-	if (drm_core_check_feature(dev, DRIVER_MODESET))
+	if (!drm_core_check_feature(dev, DRIVER_LEGACY))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	if (!drm_core_check_feature(dev, DRIVER_HAVE_DMA))
@@ -1266,7 +1266,7 @@ int drm_legacy_infobufs(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
 	int i;
 	int count;
 
-	if (drm_core_check_feature(dev, DRIVER_MODESET))
+	if (!drm_core_check_feature(dev, DRIVER_LEGACY))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	if (!drm_core_check_feature(dev, DRIVER_HAVE_DMA))
@@ -1347,7 +1347,7 @@ int drm_legacy_markbufs(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
 	int order;
 	struct drm_buf_entry *entry;
 
-	if (drm_core_check_feature(dev, DRIVER_MODESET))
+	if (!drm_core_check_feature(dev, DRIVER_LEGACY))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	if (!drm_core_check_feature(dev, DRIVER_HAVE_DMA))
@@ -1395,7 +1395,7 @@ int drm_legacy_freebufs(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
 	int idx;
 	struct drm_buf *buf;
 
-	if (drm_core_check_feature(dev, DRIVER_MODESET))
+	if (!drm_core_check_feature(dev, DRIVER_LEGACY))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	if (!drm_core_check_feature(dev, DRIVER_HAVE_DMA))
@@ -1450,7 +1450,7 @@ int drm_legacy_mapbufs(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
 	struct drm_buf_map *request = data;
 	int i;
 
-	if (drm_core_check_feature(dev, DRIVER_MODESET))
+	if (!drm_core_check_feature(dev, DRIVER_LEGACY))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	if (!drm_core_check_feature(dev, DRIVER_HAVE_DMA))
@@ -1530,7 +1530,7 @@ int drm_legacy_mapbufs(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
 int drm_legacy_dma_ioctl(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
 		  struct drm_file *file_priv)
 {
-	if (drm_core_check_feature(dev, DRIVER_MODESET))
+	if (!drm_core_check_feature(dev, DRIVER_LEGACY))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	if (dev->driver->dma_ioctl)
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_context.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_context.c
index 192a5f9eeb74..3c4000facb36 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_context.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_context.c
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ struct drm_ctx_list {
 void drm_legacy_ctxbitmap_free(struct drm_device * dev, int ctx_handle)
 {
 	if (!drm_core_check_feature(dev, DRIVER_KMS_LEGACY_CONTEXT) &&
-	    drm_core_check_feature(dev, DRIVER_MODESET))
+	    !drm_core_check_feature(dev, DRIVER_LEGACY))
 		return;
 
 	mutex_lock(&dev->struct_mutex);
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ static int drm_legacy_ctxbitmap_next(struct drm_device * dev)
 void drm_legacy_ctxbitmap_init(struct drm_device * dev)
 {
 	if (!drm_core_check_feature(dev, DRIVER_KMS_LEGACY_CONTEXT) &&
-	    drm_core_check_feature(dev, DRIVER_MODESET))
+	    !drm_core_check_feature(dev, DRIVER_LEGACY))
 		return;
 
 	idr_init(&dev->ctx_idr);
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ void drm_legacy_ctxbitmap_init(struct drm_device * dev)
 void drm_legacy_ctxbitmap_cleanup(struct drm_device * dev)
 {
 	if (!drm_core_check_feature(dev, DRIVER_KMS_LEGACY_CONTEXT) &&
-	    drm_core_check_feature(dev, DRIVER_MODESET))
+	    !drm_core_check_feature(dev, DRIVER_LEGACY))
 		return;
 
 	mutex_lock(&dev->struct_mutex);
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ void drm_legacy_ctxbitmap_flush(struct drm_device *dev, struct drm_file *file)
 	struct drm_ctx_list *pos, *tmp;
 
 	if (!drm_core_check_feature(dev, DRIVER_KMS_LEGACY_CONTEXT) &&
-	    drm_core_check_feature(dev, DRIVER_MODESET))
+	    !drm_core_check_feature(dev, DRIVER_LEGACY))
 		return;
 
 	mutex_lock(&dev->ctxlist_mutex);
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ int drm_legacy_getsareactx(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
 	struct drm_map_list *_entry;
 
 	if (!drm_core_check_feature(dev, DRIVER_KMS_LEGACY_CONTEXT) &&
-	    drm_core_check_feature(dev, DRIVER_MODESET))
+	    !drm_core_check_feature(dev, DRIVER_LEGACY))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	mutex_lock(&dev->struct_mutex);
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ int drm_legacy_setsareactx(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
 	struct drm_map_list *r_list = NULL;
 
 	if (!drm_core_check_feature(dev, DRIVER_KMS_LEGACY_CONTEXT) &&
-	    drm_core_check_feature(dev, DRIVER_MODESET))
+	    !drm_core_check_feature(dev, DRIVER_LEGACY))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	mutex_lock(&dev->struct_mutex);
@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ int drm_legacy_resctx(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
 	int i;
 
 	if (!drm_core_check_feature(dev, DRIVER_KMS_LEGACY_CONTEXT) &&
-	    drm_core_check_feature(dev, DRIVER_MODESET))
+	    !drm_core_check_feature(dev, DRIVER_LEGACY))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	if (res->count >= DRM_RESERVED_CONTEXTS) {
@@ -363,7 +363,7 @@ int drm_legacy_addctx(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
 	struct drm_ctx *ctx = data;
 
 	if (!drm_core_check_feature(dev, DRIVER_KMS_LEGACY_CONTEXT) &&
-	    drm_core_check_feature(dev, DRIVER_MODESET))
+	    !drm_core_check_feature(dev, DRIVER_LEGACY))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	ctx->handle = drm_legacy_ctxbitmap_next(dev);
@@ -410,7 +410,7 @@ int drm_legacy_getctx(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
 	struct drm_ctx *ctx = data;
 
 	if (!drm_core_check_feature(dev, DRIVER_KMS_LEGACY_CONTEXT) &&
-	    drm_core_check_feature(dev, DRIVER_MODESET))
+	    !drm_core_check_feature(dev, DRIVER_LEGACY))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	/* This is 0, because we don't handle any context flags */
@@ -436,7 +436,7 @@ int drm_legacy_switchctx(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
 	struct drm_ctx *ctx = data;
 
 	if (!drm_core_check_feature(dev, DRIVER_KMS_LEGACY_CONTEXT) &&
-	    drm_core_check_feature(dev, DRIVER_MODESET))
+	    !drm_core_check_feature(dev, DRIVER_LEGACY))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	DRM_DEBUG("%d\n", ctx->handle);
@@ -460,7 +460,7 @@ int drm_legacy_newctx(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
 	struct drm_ctx *ctx = data;
 
 	if (!drm_core_check_feature(dev, DRIVER_KMS_LEGACY_CONTEXT) &&
-	    drm_core_check_feature(dev, DRIVER_MODESET))
+	    !drm_core_check_feature(dev, DRIVER_LEGACY))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	DRM_DEBUG("%d\n", ctx->handle);
@@ -486,7 +486,7 @@ int drm_legacy_rmctx(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
 	struct drm_ctx *ctx = data;
 
 	if (!drm_core_check_feature(dev, DRIVER_KMS_LEGACY_CONTEXT) &&
-	    drm_core_check_feature(dev, DRIVER_MODESET))
+	    !drm_core_check_feature(dev, DRIVER_LEGACY))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	DRM_DEBUG("%d\n", ctx->handle);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_dma.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_dma.c
index ea481800ef56..3f83e2ca80ad 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_dma.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_dma.c
@@ -50,9 +50,8 @@ int drm_legacy_dma_setup(struct drm_device *dev)
 	int i;
 
 	if (!drm_core_check_feature(dev, DRIVER_HAVE_DMA) ||
-	    drm_core_check_feature(dev, DRIVER_MODESET)) {
+	    !drm_core_check_feature(dev, DRIVER_LEGACY))
 		return 0;
-	}
 
 	dev->buf_use = 0;
 	atomic_set(&dev->buf_alloc, 0);
@@ -81,9 +80,8 @@ void drm_legacy_dma_takedown(struct drm_device *dev)
 	int i, j;
 
 	if (!drm_core_check_feature(dev, DRIVER_HAVE_DMA) ||
-	    drm_core_check_feature(dev, DRIVER_MODESET)) {
+	    !drm_core_check_feature(dev, DRIVER_LEGACY))
 		return;
-	}
 
 	if (!dma)
 		return;
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fops.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fops.c
index 323c238fcac7..036cd275c53e 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fops.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fops.c
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ static int drm_setup(struct drm_device * dev)
 	int ret;
 
 	if (dev->driver->firstopen &&
-	    !drm_core_check_feature(dev, DRIVER_MODESET)) {
+	    drm_core_check_feature(dev, DRIVER_LEGACY)) {
 		ret = dev->driver->firstopen(dev);
 		if (ret != 0)
 			return ret;
@@ -346,7 +346,7 @@ void drm_lastclose(struct drm_device * dev)
 		dev->driver->lastclose(dev);
 	DRM_DEBUG("driver lastclose completed\n");
 
-	if (!drm_core_check_feature(dev, DRIVER_MODESET))
+	if (drm_core_check_feature(dev, DRIVER_LEGACY))
 		drm_legacy_dev_reinit(dev);
 }
 
@@ -389,7 +389,7 @@ int drm_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
 		  (long)old_encode_dev(file_priv->minor->kdev->devt),
 		  dev->open_count);
 
-	if (!drm_core_check_feature(dev, DRIVER_MODESET))
+	if (drm_core_check_feature(dev, DRIVER_LEGACY))
 		drm_legacy_lock_release(dev, filp);
 
 	if (drm_core_check_feature(dev, DRIVER_HAVE_DMA))
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_ioctl.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_ioctl.c
index 33af4a5ddca1..bb51ee97956d 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_ioctl.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_ioctl.c
@@ -714,9 +714,9 @@ long drm_ioctl(struct file *filp,
 	if (ksize > in_size)
 		memset(kdata + in_size, 0, ksize - in_size);
 
-	/* Enforce sane locking for kms driver ioctls. Core ioctls are
+	/* Enforce sane locking for modern driver ioctls. Core ioctls are
 	 * too messy still. */
-	if ((drm_core_check_feature(dev, DRIVER_MODESET) && is_driver_ioctl) ||
+	if ((!drm_core_check_feature(dev, DRIVER_LEGACY) && is_driver_ioctl) ||
 	    (ioctl->flags & DRM_UNLOCKED))
 		retcode = func(dev, kdata, file_priv);
 	else {
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_irq.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_irq.c
index 01a507932ebb..97c70642dbe1 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_irq.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_irq.c
@@ -482,7 +482,7 @@ int drm_irq_install(struct drm_device *dev, int irq)
 		return ret;
 	}
 
-	if (!drm_core_check_feature(dev, DRIVER_MODESET))
+	if (drm_core_check_feature(dev, DRIVER_LEGACY))
 		vga_client_register(dev->pdev, (void *)dev, drm_irq_vgaarb_nokms, NULL);
 
 	/* After installing handler */
@@ -491,7 +491,7 @@ int drm_irq_install(struct drm_device *dev, int irq)
 
 	if (ret < 0) {
 		dev->irq_enabled = false;
-		if (!drm_core_check_feature(dev, DRIVER_MODESET))
+		if (drm_core_check_feature(dev, DRIVER_LEGACY))
 			vga_client_register(dev->pdev, NULL, NULL, NULL);
 		free_irq(irq, dev);
 	} else {
@@ -557,7 +557,7 @@ int drm_irq_uninstall(struct drm_device *dev)
 
 	DRM_DEBUG("irq=%d\n", dev->irq);
 
-	if (!drm_core_check_feature(dev, DRIVER_MODESET))
+	if (drm_core_check_feature(dev, DRIVER_LEGACY))
 		vga_client_register(dev->pdev, NULL, NULL, NULL);
 
 	if (dev->driver->irq_uninstall)
@@ -592,7 +592,7 @@ int drm_control(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
 
 	if (!drm_core_check_feature(dev, DRIVER_HAVE_IRQ))
 		return 0;
-	if (drm_core_check_feature(dev, DRIVER_MODESET))
+	if (!drm_core_check_feature(dev, DRIVER_LEGACY))
 		return 0;
 	/* UMS was only ever supported on pci devices. */
 	if (WARN_ON(!dev->pdev))
@@ -1519,7 +1519,7 @@ int drm_modeset_ctl(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
 		return 0;
 
 	/* KMS drivers handle this internally */
-	if (drm_core_check_feature(dev, DRIVER_MODESET))
+	if (!drm_core_check_feature(dev, DRIVER_LEGACY))
 		return 0;
 
 	pipe = modeset->crtc;
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_lock.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_lock.c
index 48ac0ebbd663..c901f3c5b269 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_lock.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_lock.c
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ int drm_legacy_lock(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
 	struct drm_master *master = file_priv->master;
 	int ret = 0;
 
-	if (drm_core_check_feature(dev, DRIVER_MODESET))
+	if (!drm_core_check_feature(dev, DRIVER_LEGACY))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	++file_priv->lock_count;
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ int drm_legacy_unlock(struct drm_device *dev, void *data, struct drm_file *file_
 	struct drm_lock *lock = data;
 	struct drm_master *master = file_priv->master;
 
-	if (drm_core_check_feature(dev, DRIVER_MODESET))
+	if (!drm_core_check_feature(dev, DRIVER_LEGACY))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	if (lock->context == DRM_KERNEL_CONTEXT) {
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_pci.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_pci.c
index b2f8f1062d5f..d86362fc8ac6 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_pci.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_pci.c
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ int drm_irq_by_busid(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
 {
 	struct drm_irq_busid *p = data;
 
-	if (drm_core_check_feature(dev, DRIVER_MODESET))
+	if (!drm_core_check_feature(dev, DRIVER_LEGACY))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	/* UMS was only ever support on PCI devices. */
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ int drm_get_pci_dev(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *ent,
 
 	/* No locking needed since shadow-attach is single-threaded since it may
 	 * only be called from the per-driver module init hook. */
-	if (!drm_core_check_feature(dev, DRIVER_MODESET))
+	if (drm_core_check_feature(dev, DRIVER_LEGACY))
 		list_add_tail(&dev->legacy_dev_list, &driver->legacy_dev_list);
 
 	return 0;
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ int drm_pci_init(struct drm_driver *driver, struct pci_driver *pdriver)
 
 	DRM_DEBUG("\n");
 
-	if (driver->driver_features & DRIVER_MODESET)
+	if (!(driver->driver_features & DRIVER_LEGACY))
 		return pci_register_driver(pdriver);
 
 	/* If not using KMS, fall back to stealth mode manual scanning. */
@@ -421,7 +421,7 @@ void drm_pci_exit(struct drm_driver *driver, struct pci_driver *pdriver)
 	struct drm_device *dev, *tmp;
 	DRM_DEBUG("\n");
 
-	if (driver->driver_features & DRIVER_MODESET) {
+	if (!(driver->driver_features & DRIVER_LEGACY)) {
 		pci_unregister_driver(pdriver);
 	} else {
 		list_for_each_entry_safe(dev, tmp, &driver->legacy_dev_list,
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_scatter.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_scatter.c
index bf70431073f6..275bca44f38c 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_scatter.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_scatter.c
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ static void drm_sg_cleanup(struct drm_sg_mem * entry)
 void drm_legacy_sg_cleanup(struct drm_device *dev)
 {
 	if (drm_core_check_feature(dev, DRIVER_SG) && dev->sg &&
-	    !drm_core_check_feature(dev, DRIVER_MODESET)) {
+	    drm_core_check_feature(dev, DRIVER_LEGACY)) {
 		drm_sg_cleanup(dev->sg);
 		dev->sg = NULL;
 	}
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ int drm_legacy_sg_alloc(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
 
 	DRM_DEBUG("\n");
 
-	if (drm_core_check_feature(dev, DRIVER_MODESET))
+	if (!drm_core_check_feature(dev, DRIVER_LEGACY))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	if (!drm_core_check_feature(dev, DRIVER_SG))
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ int drm_legacy_sg_free(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
 	struct drm_scatter_gather *request = data;
 	struct drm_sg_mem *entry;
 
-	if (drm_core_check_feature(dev, DRIVER_MODESET))
+	if (!drm_core_check_feature(dev, DRIVER_LEGACY))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	if (!drm_core_check_feature(dev, DRIVER_SG))