diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/etnaviv/etnaviv_gem.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/etnaviv/etnaviv_gem.c
index f75105b7e1a4139db313882c6fd214ace47346fd..a52220eeee45ed740d4221b3e1070c0be6c0a708 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/etnaviv/etnaviv_gem.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/etnaviv/etnaviv_gem.c
@@ -586,7 +586,7 @@ void etnaviv_gem_free_object(struct drm_gem_object *obj)
 	kfree(etnaviv_obj);
 }
 
-int etnaviv_gem_obj_add(struct drm_device *dev, struct drm_gem_object *obj)
+void etnaviv_gem_obj_add(struct drm_device *dev, struct drm_gem_object *obj)
 {
 	struct etnaviv_drm_private *priv = dev->dev_private;
 	struct etnaviv_gem_object *etnaviv_obj = to_etnaviv_bo(obj);
@@ -594,8 +594,6 @@ int etnaviv_gem_obj_add(struct drm_device *dev, struct drm_gem_object *obj)
 	mutex_lock(&priv->gem_lock);
 	list_add_tail(&etnaviv_obj->gem_node, &priv->gem_list);
 	mutex_unlock(&priv->gem_lock);
-
-	return 0;
 }
 
 static int etnaviv_gem_new_impl(struct drm_device *dev, u32 size, u32 flags,
@@ -678,11 +676,7 @@ int etnaviv_gem_new_handle(struct drm_device *dev, struct drm_file *file,
 	if (ret)
 		goto fail;
 
-	ret = etnaviv_gem_obj_add(dev, obj);
-	if (ret < 0) {
-		drm_gem_object_put_unlocked(obj);
-		return ret;
-	}
+	etnaviv_gem_obj_add(dev, obj);
 
 	ret = drm_gem_handle_create(file, obj, handle);
 
@@ -895,12 +889,10 @@ int etnaviv_gem_new_userptr(struct drm_device *dev, struct drm_file *file,
 	etnaviv_obj->userptr.ro = !(flags & ETNA_USERPTR_WRITE);
 	get_task_struct(current);
 
-	ret = etnaviv_gem_obj_add(dev, &etnaviv_obj->base);
-	if (ret)
-		goto unreference;
+	etnaviv_gem_obj_add(dev, &etnaviv_obj->base);
 
 	ret = drm_gem_handle_create(file, &etnaviv_obj->base, handle);
-unreference:
+
 	/* drop reference from allocate - handle holds it now */
 	drm_gem_object_put_unlocked(&etnaviv_obj->base);
 	return ret;
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/etnaviv/etnaviv_gem.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/etnaviv/etnaviv_gem.h
index e437fba1209d925cca7bf7f33b5651c3eeeda21a..00bd9c851a02c4d0752824b1a869f8029cfe142d 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/etnaviv/etnaviv_gem.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/etnaviv/etnaviv_gem.h
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ int etnaviv_gem_wait_bo(struct etnaviv_gpu *gpu, struct drm_gem_object *obj,
 int etnaviv_gem_new_private(struct drm_device *dev, size_t size, u32 flags,
 	struct reservation_object *robj, const struct etnaviv_gem_ops *ops,
 	struct etnaviv_gem_object **res);
-int etnaviv_gem_obj_add(struct drm_device *dev, struct drm_gem_object *obj);
+void etnaviv_gem_obj_add(struct drm_device *dev, struct drm_gem_object *obj);
 struct page **etnaviv_gem_get_pages(struct etnaviv_gem_object *obj);
 void etnaviv_gem_put_pages(struct etnaviv_gem_object *obj);
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/etnaviv/etnaviv_gem_prime.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/etnaviv/etnaviv_gem_prime.c
index ea87bf87b187f4cf139546a6a19846d2d1aa986a..5704305d41e69f57466ded0628f37be669304fbd 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/etnaviv/etnaviv_gem_prime.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/etnaviv/etnaviv_gem_prime.c
@@ -142,9 +142,7 @@ struct drm_gem_object *etnaviv_gem_prime_import_sg_table(struct drm_device *dev,
 	if (ret)
 		goto fail;
 
-	ret = etnaviv_gem_obj_add(dev, &etnaviv_obj->base);
-	if (ret)
-		goto fail;
+	etnaviv_gem_obj_add(dev, &etnaviv_obj->base);
 
 	return &etnaviv_obj->base;