diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/stm/drv.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/stm/drv.c
index 8698e08313e1ef4411b8568116582ffb8adfcf03..f2021b23554d316b5270563fbb45f4ddf939bef9 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/stm/drv.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/stm/drv.c
@@ -148,16 +148,16 @@ static int stm_drm_platform_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 
 	ret = drv_load(ddev);
 	if (ret)
-		goto err_unref;
+		goto err_put;
 
 	ret = drm_dev_register(ddev, 0);
 	if (ret)
-		goto err_unref;
+		goto err_put;
 
 	return 0;
 
-err_unref:
-	drm_dev_unref(ddev);
+err_put:
+	drm_dev_put(ddev);
 
 	return ret;
 }
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ static int stm_drm_platform_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
 
 	drm_dev_unregister(ddev);
 	drv_unload(ddev);
-	drm_dev_unref(ddev);
+	drm_dev_put(ddev);
 
 	return 0;
 }