diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_dma.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_dma.c
index f48f1c47697735ffafc3b5b22eeef7c661492652..ce098c3ccc00fa710b945d7f9e7759e5044b2a4b 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_dma.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_dma.c
@@ -1485,10 +1485,6 @@ int i915_driver_load(struct drm_device *dev, unsigned long flags)
 
 	i915_dump_device_info(dev_priv);
 
-	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&dev_priv->vm_list);
-	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&dev_priv->gtt.base.global_link);
-	list_add(&dev_priv->gtt.base.global_link, &dev_priv->vm_list);
-
 	if (i915_get_bridge_dev(dev)) {
 		ret = -EIO;
 		goto free_priv;
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
index 35d17fb1b89bf66d1ffa14c22aa8c5e3f0c3c9f7..4e8a6d4815fa093b8baf39d1248589128aaa567e 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
@@ -4340,6 +4340,16 @@ init_ring_lists(struct intel_ring_buffer *ring)
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&ring->request_list);
 }
 
+static void i915_init_vm(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv,
+			 struct i915_address_space *vm)
+{
+	vm->dev = dev_priv->dev;
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&vm->active_list);
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&vm->inactive_list);
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&vm->global_link);
+	list_add(&vm->global_link, &dev_priv->vm_list);
+}
+
 void
 i915_gem_load(struct drm_device *dev)
 {
@@ -4352,8 +4362,9 @@ i915_gem_load(struct drm_device *dev)
 				  SLAB_HWCACHE_ALIGN,
 				  NULL);
 
-	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&dev_priv->gtt.base.active_list);
-	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&dev_priv->gtt.base.inactive_list);
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&dev_priv->vm_list);
+	i915_init_vm(dev_priv, &dev_priv->gtt.base);
+
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&dev_priv->mm.unbound_list);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&dev_priv->mm.bound_list);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&dev_priv->mm.fence_list);