diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_drv.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_drv.c
index 86537692e45c4efaeae162d32753cf5613216954..aa5f3546bbecb0311e922ad6a5cb0101a1268701 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_drv.c
@@ -783,7 +783,7 @@ static int msm_pdev_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 
 static int msm_pdev_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
 {
-	drm_platform_exit(&msm_driver, pdev);
+	drm_put_dev(platform_get_drvdata(pdev));
 
 	return 0;
 }