diff --git a/drivers/auxdisplay/Kconfig b/drivers/auxdisplay/Kconfig
index dd61fdd400f0..68489d1f00bb 100644
--- a/drivers/auxdisplay/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/auxdisplay/Kconfig
@@ -448,6 +448,11 @@ config PANEL_BOOT_MESSAGE
 choice
 	prompt "Backlight initial state"
 	default CHARLCD_BL_FLASH
+	---help---
+	  Select the initial backlight state on boot or module load.
+
+	  Previously, there was no option for this: the backlight flashed
+	  briefly on init. Now you can also turn it off/on.
 
 	config CHARLCD_BL_OFF
 		bool "Off"
diff --git a/drivers/auxdisplay/charlcd.c b/drivers/auxdisplay/charlcd.c
index 92745efefb54..bef6b85778b6 100644
--- a/drivers/auxdisplay/charlcd.c
+++ b/drivers/auxdisplay/charlcd.c
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 
 #include <generated/utsrelease.h>
 
-#include <misc/charlcd.h>
+#include "charlcd.h"
 
 #define LCD_MINOR		156
 
diff --git a/include/misc/charlcd.h b/drivers/auxdisplay/charlcd.h
similarity index 94%
rename from include/misc/charlcd.h
rename to drivers/auxdisplay/charlcd.h
index 8cf6c18b0adb..00911ad0f3de 100644
--- a/include/misc/charlcd.h
+++ b/drivers/auxdisplay/charlcd.h
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@
  * Copyright (C) 2016-2017 Glider bvba
  */
 
+#ifndef _CHARLCD_H
+#define _CHARLCD_H
+
 struct charlcd {
 	const struct charlcd_ops *ops;
 	const unsigned char *char_conv;	/* Optional */
@@ -37,3 +40,5 @@ int charlcd_register(struct charlcd *lcd);
 int charlcd_unregister(struct charlcd *lcd);
 
 void charlcd_poke(struct charlcd *lcd);
+
+#endif /* CHARLCD_H */
diff --git a/drivers/auxdisplay/hd44780.c b/drivers/auxdisplay/hd44780.c
index ab15b64707ad..bcbe13092327 100644
--- a/drivers/auxdisplay/hd44780.c
+++ b/drivers/auxdisplay/hd44780.c
@@ -14,8 +14,7 @@
 #include <linux/property.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 
-#include <misc/charlcd.h>
-
+#include "charlcd.h"
 
 enum hd44780_pin {
 	/* Order does matter due to writing to GPIO array subsets! */
diff --git a/drivers/auxdisplay/panel.c b/drivers/auxdisplay/panel.c
index e06de63497cf..85965953683e 100644
--- a/drivers/auxdisplay/panel.c
+++ b/drivers/auxdisplay/panel.c
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
 #include <linux/io.h>
 #include <linux/uaccess.h>
 
-#include <misc/charlcd.h>
+#include "charlcd.h"
 
 #define KEYPAD_MINOR		185
 
@@ -1617,6 +1617,8 @@ static void panel_attach(struct parport *port)
 	return;
 
 err_lcd_unreg:
+	if (scan_timer.function)
+		del_timer_sync(&scan_timer);
 	if (lcd.enabled)
 		charlcd_unregister(lcd.charlcd);
 err_unreg_device:
diff --git a/samples/auxdisplay/cfag12864b-example.c b/samples/auxdisplay/cfag12864b-example.c
index 85571e90191f..bfeab44f81d0 100644
--- a/samples/auxdisplay/cfag12864b-example.c
+++ b/samples/auxdisplay/cfag12864b-example.c
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 
 	if (argc != 2) {
 		printf(
-			"Sintax:  %s fbdev\n"
+			"Syntax:  %s fbdev\n"
 			"Usually: /dev/fb0, /dev/fb1...\n", argv[0]);
 		return -1;
 	}