diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
index 1258b1119d93303ef4aa3111de5ef5430b697603..6b931b8750aaeebd8b760dc5c0f13fc10d7a269f 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
@@ -908,6 +908,8 @@ int i915_gem_get_aperture_ioctl(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
 				struct drm_file *file_priv);
 void i915_gem_load(struct drm_device *dev);
 int i915_gem_init_object(struct drm_gem_object *obj);
+struct drm_gem_object * i915_gem_alloc_object(struct drm_device *dev,
+					      size_t size);
 void i915_gem_free_object(struct drm_gem_object *obj);
 int i915_gem_object_pin(struct drm_gem_object *obj, uint32_t alignment);
 void i915_gem_object_unpin(struct drm_gem_object *obj);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
index d4ea90999f675b93c22a4559d4e73dbc1569c78e..92dd52216825dbe485bee3a44272cc34361dd239 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ i915_gem_create_ioctl(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
 	args->size = roundup(args->size, PAGE_SIZE);
 
 	/* Allocate the new object */
-	obj = drm_gem_object_alloc(dev, args->size);
+	obj = i915_gem_alloc_object(dev, args->size);
 	if (obj == NULL)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
@@ -4421,6 +4421,12 @@ i915_gem_madvise_ioctl(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
 	return 0;
 }
 
+struct drm_gem_object * i915_gem_alloc_object(struct drm_device *dev,
+					      size_t size)
+{
+	return drm_gem_object_alloc(dev, size);
+}
+
 int i915_gem_init_object(struct drm_gem_object *obj)
 {
 	struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj_priv;
@@ -4563,7 +4569,7 @@ i915_gem_init_hws(struct drm_device *dev)
 	if (!I915_NEED_GFX_HWS(dev))
 		return 0;
 
-	obj = drm_gem_object_alloc(dev, 4096);
+	obj = i915_gem_alloc_object(dev, 4096);
 	if (obj == NULL) {
 		DRM_ERROR("Failed to allocate status page\n");
 		return -ENOMEM;
@@ -4640,7 +4646,7 @@ i915_gem_init_ringbuffer(struct drm_device *dev)
 	if (ret != 0)
 		return ret;
 
-	obj = drm_gem_object_alloc(dev, 128 * 1024);
+	obj = i915_gem_alloc_object(dev, 128 * 1024);
 	if (obj == NULL) {
 		DRM_ERROR("Failed to allocate ringbuffer\n");
 		i915_gem_cleanup_hws(dev);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c
index 2f5f74160cbfa195389f324eaf19a77dd32d1fa6..3836f56e842c8df6ab92c6f66abd3bfa1fbcf5c3 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c
@@ -4967,7 +4967,7 @@ intel_alloc_power_context(struct drm_device *dev)
 	struct drm_gem_object *pwrctx;
 	int ret;
 
-	pwrctx = drm_gem_object_alloc(dev, 4096);
+	pwrctx = i915_gem_alloc_object(dev, 4096);
 	if (!pwrctx) {
 		DRM_DEBUG("failed to alloc power context, RC6 disabled\n");
 		return NULL;
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_fb.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_fb.c
index 34ad0333eaefbb1dc33874bfc07250097c31e6c9..b04e0a86bf9af6ddc3e5096a7377c5eb5fa7a0b0 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_fb.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_fb.c
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ static int intelfb_create(struct intel_fbdev *ifbdev,
 
 	size = mode_cmd.pitch * mode_cmd.height;
 	size = ALIGN(size, PAGE_SIZE);
-	fbo = drm_gem_object_alloc(dev, size);
+	fbo = i915_gem_alloc_object(dev, size);
 	if (!fbo) {
 		DRM_ERROR("failed to allocate framebuffer\n");
 		ret = -ENOMEM;
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_overlay.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_overlay.c
index 6d524a1fc271331939c0e3625e75e08e45376d61..bc3721af855c084d7e3c10d437a8e20e5f5bb814 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_overlay.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_overlay.c
@@ -1341,7 +1341,7 @@ void intel_setup_overlay(struct drm_device *dev)
 		return;
 	overlay->dev = dev;
 
-	reg_bo = drm_gem_object_alloc(dev, PAGE_SIZE);
+	reg_bo = i915_gem_alloc_object(dev, PAGE_SIZE);
 	if (!reg_bo)
 		goto out_free;
 	overlay->reg_bo = to_intel_bo(reg_bo);