diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.c
index 2b5f13ca5ec428ff1e562753e89c12affccc45c7..43b4146c25f38da6b422a3f4e555abe783803d7b 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.c
@@ -877,19 +877,11 @@ i915_driver_create(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *ent)
 		(struct intel_device_info *)ent->driver_data;
 	struct intel_device_info *device_info;
 	struct drm_i915_private *i915;
-	int err;
 
-	i915 = kzalloc(sizeof(*i915), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!i915)
-		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
-
-	err = drm_dev_init(&i915->drm, &driver, &pdev->dev);
-	if (err) {
-		kfree(i915);
-		return ERR_PTR(err);
-	}
-
-	drmm_add_final_kfree(&i915->drm, i915);
+	i915 = devm_drm_dev_alloc(&pdev->dev, &driver,
+				  struct drm_i915_private, drm);
+	if (IS_ERR(i915))
+		return i915;
 
 	i915->drm.pdev = pdev;
 	pci_set_drvdata(pdev, i915);
@@ -1006,7 +998,6 @@ int i915_driver_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *ent)
 	pci_disable_device(pdev);
 out_fini:
 	i915_probe_error(i915, "Device initialization failed (%d)\n", ret);
-	drm_dev_put(&i915->drm);
 	return ret;
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_pci.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_pci.c
index 2c80a0194c80dfcc4b655ebaf9890b9279222e70..0f8b439d6fd589f4178625df269c11c81e52ae0e 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_pci.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_pci.c
@@ -920,8 +920,6 @@ static void i915_pci_remove(struct pci_dev *pdev)
 
 	i915_driver_remove(i915);
 	pci_set_drvdata(pdev, NULL);
-
-	drm_dev_put(&i915->drm);
 }
 
 /* is device_id present in comma separated list of ids */