diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic.c
index 39e470eb8aeaf9e36469c6a8afe5c36c2a68890b..c5cb56db99f6a16faf220749292b1d2bbd802955 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic.c
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ void drm_atomic_state_default_clear(struct drm_atomic_state *state)
 						       state->connectors[i].state);
 		state->connectors[i].ptr = NULL;
 		state->connectors[i].state = NULL;
-		drm_connector_unreference(connector);
+		drm_connector_put(connector);
 	}
 
 	for (i = 0; i < config->num_crtc; i++) {
@@ -1030,7 +1030,7 @@ drm_atomic_get_connector_state(struct drm_atomic_state *state,
 	if (!connector_state)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 
-	drm_connector_reference(connector);
+	drm_connector_get(connector);
 	state->connectors[index].state = connector_state;
 	state->connectors[index].old_state = connector->state;
 	state->connectors[index].new_state = connector_state;
@@ -1380,7 +1380,7 @@ drm_atomic_set_crtc_for_connector(struct drm_connector_state *conn_state,
 		crtc_state->connector_mask &=
 			~(1 << drm_connector_index(conn_state->connector));
 
-		drm_connector_unreference(conn_state->connector);
+		drm_connector_put(conn_state->connector);
 		conn_state->crtc = NULL;
 	}
 
@@ -1392,7 +1392,7 @@ drm_atomic_set_crtc_for_connector(struct drm_connector_state *conn_state,
 		crtc_state->connector_mask |=
 			1 << drm_connector_index(conn_state->connector);
 
-		drm_connector_reference(conn_state->connector);
+		drm_connector_get(conn_state->connector);
 		conn_state->crtc = crtc;
 
 		DRM_DEBUG_ATOMIC("Link connector state %p to [CRTC:%d:%s]\n",
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic_helper.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic_helper.c
index bdfddfa873166a3f08b7d89f071d2349326b91de..6e7d9dfce342e2a74618ec04471b1d70e712a53b 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic_helper.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic_helper.c
@@ -3351,7 +3351,7 @@ __drm_atomic_helper_connector_duplicate_state(struct drm_connector *connector,
 {
 	memcpy(state, connector->state, sizeof(*state));
 	if (state->crtc)
-		drm_connector_reference(connector);
+		drm_connector_get(connector);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__drm_atomic_helper_connector_duplicate_state);
 
@@ -3477,7 +3477,7 @@ void
 __drm_atomic_helper_connector_destroy_state(struct drm_connector_state *state)
 {
 	if (state->crtc)
-		drm_connector_unreference(state->connector);
+		drm_connector_put(state->connector);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__drm_atomic_helper_connector_destroy_state);
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_connector.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_connector.c
index a48e9a65046d96a05441b71f9d9130c1f25aa669..5a4be752a85e1810fdc12d16e0fae5d79c13ca6d 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_connector.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_connector.c
@@ -35,8 +35,8 @@
  * als fixed panels or anything else that can display pixels in some form. As
  * opposed to all other KMS objects representing hardware (like CRTC, encoder or
  * plane abstractions) connectors can be hotplugged and unplugged at runtime.
- * Hence they are reference-counted using drm_connector_reference() and
- * drm_connector_unreference().
+ * Hence they are reference-counted using drm_connector_get() and
+ * drm_connector_put().
  *
  * KMS driver must create, initialize, register and attach at a &struct
  * drm_connector for each such sink. The instance is created as other KMS
@@ -557,7 +557,7 @@ drm_connector_list_iter_next(struct drm_connector_list_iter *iter)
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&config->connector_list_lock, flags);
 
 	if (old_conn)
-		drm_connector_unreference(old_conn);
+		drm_connector_put(old_conn);
 
 	return iter->conn;
 }
@@ -576,7 +576,7 @@ void drm_connector_list_iter_put(struct drm_connector_list_iter *iter)
 {
 	iter->dev = NULL;
 	if (iter->conn)
-		drm_connector_unreference(iter->conn);
+		drm_connector_put(iter->conn);
 	lock_release(&connector_list_iter_dep_map, 0, _RET_IP_);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_connector_list_iter_put);
@@ -1309,7 +1309,7 @@ int drm_mode_getconnector(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
 out:
 	mutex_unlock(&dev->mode_config.mutex);
 out_unref:
-	drm_connector_unreference(connector);
+	drm_connector_put(connector);
 
 	return ret;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_crtc.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_crtc.c
index e2284539f82cac696f5d0580b908ca3591cebdb5..9594c623799b449f2960886f96f3918ca7d25484 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_crtc.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_crtc.c
@@ -685,7 +685,7 @@ int drm_mode_setcrtc(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
 	if (connector_set) {
 		for (i = 0; i < crtc_req->count_connectors; i++) {
 			if (connector_set[i])
-				drm_connector_unreference(connector_set[i]);
+				drm_connector_put(connector_set[i]);
 		}
 	}
 	kfree(connector_set);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_crtc_helper.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_crtc_helper.c
index 44ba0e990d6c9125f4b71c65de62035bb2559c3c..536051c627d81319205e25d35a08f84730e0460f 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_crtc_helper.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_crtc_helper.c
@@ -465,7 +465,7 @@ drm_crtc_helper_disable(struct drm_crtc *crtc)
 			connector->dpms = DRM_MODE_DPMS_OFF;
 
 			/* we keep a reference while the encoder is bound */
-			drm_connector_unreference(connector);
+			drm_connector_put(connector);
 		}
 		drm_connector_list_iter_put(&conn_iter);
 	}
@@ -623,7 +623,7 @@ int drm_crtc_helper_set_config(struct drm_mode_set *set)
 	for (ro = 0; ro < set->num_connectors; ro++) {
 		if (set->connectors[ro]->encoder)
 			continue;
-		drm_connector_reference(set->connectors[ro]);
+		drm_connector_get(set->connectors[ro]);
 	}
 
 	/* a) traverse passed in connector list and get encoders for them */
@@ -772,7 +772,7 @@ int drm_crtc_helper_set_config(struct drm_mode_set *set)
 	for (ro = 0; ro < set->num_connectors; ro++) {
 		if (set->connectors[ro]->encoder)
 			continue;
-		drm_connector_unreference(set->connectors[ro]);
+		drm_connector_put(set->connectors[ro]);
 	}
 
 	/* Try to restore the config */
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fb_helper.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fb_helper.c
index 1b068e6264d523007d15fb27c074efce0184d485..b243fdbdbb0823789024eb75ebb557ff25e02ad9 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fb_helper.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fb_helper.c
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ int drm_fb_helper_single_add_all_connectors(struct drm_fb_helper *fb_helper)
 		struct drm_fb_helper_connector *fb_helper_connector =
 			fb_helper->connector_info[i];
 
-		drm_connector_unreference(fb_helper_connector->connector);
+		drm_connector_put(fb_helper_connector->connector);
 
 		kfree(fb_helper_connector);
 		fb_helper->connector_info[i] = NULL;
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ int drm_fb_helper_add_one_connector(struct drm_fb_helper *fb_helper, struct drm_
 	if (!fb_helper_connector)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	drm_connector_reference(connector);
+	drm_connector_get(connector);
 	fb_helper_connector->connector = connector;
 	fb_helper->connector_info[fb_helper->connector_count++] = fb_helper_connector;
 	return 0;
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ int drm_fb_helper_remove_one_connector(struct drm_fb_helper *fb_helper,
 	if (i == fb_helper->connector_count)
 		return -EINVAL;
 	fb_helper_connector = fb_helper->connector_info[i];
-	drm_connector_unreference(fb_helper_connector->connector);
+	drm_connector_put(fb_helper_connector->connector);
 
 	for (j = i + 1; j < fb_helper->connector_count; j++) {
 		fb_helper->connector_info[j - 1] = fb_helper->connector_info[j];
@@ -633,7 +633,7 @@ static void drm_fb_helper_modeset_release(struct drm_fb_helper *helper,
 	int i;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < modeset->num_connectors; i++) {
-		drm_connector_unreference(modeset->connectors[i]);
+		drm_connector_put(modeset->connectors[i]);
 		modeset->connectors[i] = NULL;
 	}
 	modeset->num_connectors = 0;
@@ -650,7 +650,7 @@ static void drm_fb_helper_crtc_free(struct drm_fb_helper *helper)
 	int i;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < helper->connector_count; i++) {
-		drm_connector_unreference(helper->connector_info[i]->connector);
+		drm_connector_put(helper->connector_info[i]->connector);
 		kfree(helper->connector_info[i]);
 	}
 	kfree(helper->connector_info);
@@ -2192,7 +2192,7 @@ static void drm_setup_crtcs(struct drm_fb_helper *fb_helper,
 			fb_crtc->y = offset->y;
 			modeset->mode = drm_mode_duplicate(dev,
 							   fb_crtc->desired_mode);
-			drm_connector_reference(connector);
+			drm_connector_get(connector);
 			modeset->connectors[modeset->num_connectors++] = connector;
 			modeset->fb = fb_helper->fb;
 			modeset->x = offset->x;
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_mode_config.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_mode_config.c
index 884cc4d26fb59e8568abac449252c248e253fdc1..20aec165abd7ce67b9535dadac04864f7042a940 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_mode_config.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_mode_config.c
@@ -418,7 +418,7 @@ void drm_mode_config_cleanup(struct drm_device *dev)
 		 * current connector itself, which means it is inherently safe
 		 * against unreferencing the current connector - but not against
 		 * deleting it right away. */
-		drm_connector_unreference(connector);
+		drm_connector_put(connector);
 	}
 	drm_connector_list_iter_put(&conn_iter);
 	if (WARN_ON(!list_empty(&dev->mode_config.connector_list))) {
diff --git a/include/drm/drm_connector.h b/include/drm/drm_connector.h
index f08aa5dfc9d78c9e45eadb1f276b14e7e59f2e20..e0acdb674d85bb27d2b187f47b43ece0d376d6c8 100644
--- a/include/drm/drm_connector.h
+++ b/include/drm/drm_connector.h
@@ -812,25 +812,50 @@ static inline struct drm_connector *drm_connector_lookup(struct drm_device *dev,
 }
 
 /**
- * drm_connector_reference - incr the connector refcnt
- * @connector: connector
+ * drm_connector_get - acquire a connector reference
+ * @connector: DRM connector
  *
  * This function increments the connector's refcount.
  */
+static inline void drm_connector_get(struct drm_connector *connector)
+{
+	drm_mode_object_get(&connector->base);
+}
+
+/**
+ * drm_connector_put - release a connector reference
+ * @connector: DRM connector
+ *
+ * This function decrements the connector's reference count and frees the
+ * object if the reference count drops to zero.
+ */
+static inline void drm_connector_put(struct drm_connector *connector)
+{
+	drm_mode_object_put(&connector->base);
+}
+
+/**
+ * drm_connector_reference - acquire a connector reference
+ * @connector: DRM connector
+ *
+ * This is a compatibility alias for drm_connector_get() and should not be
+ * used by new code.
+ */
 static inline void drm_connector_reference(struct drm_connector *connector)
 {
-	drm_mode_object_reference(&connector->base);
+	drm_connector_get(connector);
 }
 
 /**
- * drm_connector_unreference - unref a connector
- * @connector: connector to unref
+ * drm_connector_unreference - release a connector reference
+ * @connector: DRM connector
  *
- * This function decrements the connector's refcount and frees it if it drops to zero.
+ * This is a compatibility alias for drm_connector_put() and should not be
+ * used by new code.
  */
 static inline void drm_connector_unreference(struct drm_connector *connector)
 {
-	drm_mode_object_unreference(&connector->base);
+	drm_connector_put(connector);
 }
 
 const char *drm_get_connector_status_name(enum drm_connector_status status);
@@ -924,7 +949,7 @@ void drm_connector_list_iter_put(struct drm_connector_list_iter *iter);
  *
  * Note that @connector is only valid within the list body, if you want to use
  * @connector after calling drm_connector_list_iter_put() then you need to grab
- * your own reference first using drm_connector_reference().
+ * your own reference first using drm_connector_get().
  */
 #define drm_for_each_connector_iter(connector, iter) \
 	while ((connector = drm_connector_list_iter_next(iter)))
diff --git a/scripts/coccinelle/api/drm-get-put.cocci b/scripts/coccinelle/api/drm-get-put.cocci
index a3742447c9817ee8627ceb989d36c87c7160fb03..8a4c2cb7889eb9fc05f7da37bff703d064e4df5a 100644
--- a/scripts/coccinelle/api/drm-get-put.cocci
+++ b/scripts/coccinelle/api/drm-get-put.cocci
@@ -20,6 +20,12 @@ expression object;
 |
 - drm_mode_object_unreference(object)
 + drm_mode_object_put(object)
+|
+- drm_connector_reference(object)
++ drm_connector_get(object)
+|
+- drm_connector_unreference(object)
++ drm_connector_put(object)
 )
 
 @r depends on report@
@@ -31,6 +37,10 @@ position p;
 drm_mode_object_unreference@p(object)
 |
 drm_mode_object_reference@p(object)
+|
+drm_connector_unreference@p(object)
+|
+drm_connector_reference@p(object)
 )
 
 @script:python depends on report@