1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fb_helper.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fb_helper.c
index 16ec93b75dbf..515a7aec57ac 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fb_helper.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fb_helper.c
@@ -3218,12 +3218,14 @@ int drm_fbdev_generic_setup(struct drm_device *dev, unsigned int preferred_bpp)
         if (!fb_helper)
                 return -ENOMEM;
 
-        ret = drm_client_new(dev, &fb_helper->client, "fbdev", &drm_fbdev_client_funcs);
+        ret = drm_client_init(dev, &fb_helper->client, "fbdev", &drm_fbdev_client_funcs);
         if (ret) {
                 kfree(fb_helper);
                 return ret;
         }
 
+        drm_client_add(&fb_helper->client);
+
         fb_helper->preferred_bpp = preferred_bpp;
 
         drm_fbdev_client_hotplug(&fb_helper->client);