diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/subdev/vm/base.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/subdev/vm/base.c
index 082c11b75acb8a23a6559ae7a5840b882aa67fbe..77c67fc970e64f187d0b37d533fd3bef3cc8139c 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/subdev/vm/base.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/subdev/vm/base.c
@@ -352,7 +352,7 @@ nouveau_vm_create(struct nouveau_vmmgr *vmm, u64 offset, u64 length,
 	u64 mm_length = (offset + length) - mm_offset;
 	int ret;
 
-	vm = *pvm = kzalloc(sizeof(*vm), GFP_KERNEL);
+	vm = kzalloc(sizeof(*vm), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!vm)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
@@ -376,6 +376,8 @@ nouveau_vm_create(struct nouveau_vmmgr *vmm, u64 offset, u64 length,
 		return ret;
 	}
 
+	*pvm = vm;
+
 	return 0;
 }