diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/ttm/ttm_bo.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/ttm/ttm_bo.c
index 7c484729f9b21ad9f7bcf99b810261e8b5d8f68b..268f5a3b312245e9a450cf49e7a515daa0076a8c 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/ttm/ttm_bo.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/ttm/ttm_bo.c
@@ -1445,7 +1445,6 @@ static void ttm_bo_global_kobj_release(struct kobject *kobj)
 		container_of(kobj, struct ttm_bo_global, kobj);
 
 	__free_page(glob->dummy_read_page);
-	kfree(glob);
 }
 
 void ttm_bo_global_release(struct drm_global_reference *ref)
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/ttm/ttm_memory.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/ttm/ttm_memory.c
index 450387c92b63510df8b9e8ff340b511472b69462..df73d5ff84a868c93b0a7a9e3193e7cbb726e54f 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/ttm/ttm_memory.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/ttm/ttm_memory.c
@@ -216,14 +216,6 @@ static ssize_t ttm_mem_global_store(struct kobject *kobj,
 	return size;
 }
 
-static void ttm_mem_global_kobj_release(struct kobject *kobj)
-{
-	struct ttm_mem_global *glob =
-		container_of(kobj, struct ttm_mem_global, kobj);
-
-	kfree(glob);
-}
-
 static struct attribute *ttm_mem_global_attrs[] = {
 	&ttm_mem_global_lower_mem_limit,
 	NULL
@@ -235,7 +227,6 @@ static const struct sysfs_ops ttm_mem_global_ops = {
 };
 
 static struct kobj_type ttm_mem_glob_kobj_type = {
-	.release = &ttm_mem_global_kobj_release,
 	.sysfs_ops = &ttm_mem_global_ops,
 	.default_attrs = ttm_mem_global_attrs,
 };