diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic.c
index 68fd99d2fd01de5d4171f982fabb95ad02d77243..674b2e490aa969f1d06b6fd6e15cc99f6a0c0346 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic.c
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ void drm_atomic_state_default_release(struct drm_atomic_state *state)
 {
 	kfree(state->connectors);
 	kfree(state->crtcs);
-	kfree(state->crtc_states);
 	kfree(state->planes);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_atomic_state_default_release);
@@ -70,10 +69,6 @@ drm_atomic_state_init(struct drm_device *dev, struct drm_atomic_state *state)
 			       sizeof(*state->crtcs), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!state->crtcs)
 		goto fail;
-	state->crtc_states = kcalloc(dev->mode_config.num_crtc,
-				     sizeof(*state->crtc_states), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!state->crtc_states)
-		goto fail;
 	state->planes = kcalloc(dev->mode_config.num_total_plane,
 				sizeof(*state->planes), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!state->planes)
@@ -146,15 +141,15 @@ void drm_atomic_state_default_clear(struct drm_atomic_state *state)
 	}
 
 	for (i = 0; i < config->num_crtc; i++) {
-		struct drm_crtc *crtc = state->crtcs[i];
+		struct drm_crtc *crtc = state->crtcs[i].ptr;
 
 		if (!crtc)
 			continue;
 
 		crtc->funcs->atomic_destroy_state(crtc,
-						  state->crtc_states[i]);
-		state->crtcs[i] = NULL;
-		state->crtc_states[i] = NULL;
+						  state->crtcs[i].state);
+		state->crtcs[i].ptr = NULL;
+		state->crtcs[i].state = NULL;
 	}
 
 	for (i = 0; i < config->num_total_plane; i++) {
@@ -264,8 +259,8 @@ drm_atomic_get_crtc_state(struct drm_atomic_state *state,
 	if (!crtc_state)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 
-	state->crtc_states[index] = crtc_state;
-	state->crtcs[index] = crtc;
+	state->crtcs[index].state = crtc_state;
+	state->crtcs[index].ptr = crtc;
 	crtc_state->state = state;
 
 	DRM_DEBUG_ATOMIC("Added [CRTC:%d:%s] %p state to %p\n",
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic_helper.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic_helper.c
index c2ef42c8a94746aced72e5812eb35cb43143577f..94509453b3f9d8785bf05b5d1f12c84431c13382 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic_helper.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic_helper.c
@@ -1578,7 +1578,7 @@ void drm_atomic_helper_swap_state(struct drm_device *dev,
 
 	for_each_crtc_in_state(state, crtc, crtc_state, i) {
 		crtc->state->state = state;
-		swap(state->crtc_states[i], crtc->state);
+		swap(state->crtcs[i].state, crtc->state);
 		crtc->state->state = NULL;
 	}
 
diff --git a/include/drm/drm_atomic.h b/include/drm/drm_atomic.h
index 8e616d39353bdae36c0f5f3c4dd83d7107b54abc..d9504dfcd1ccba97da67cd4e0445f22791d52468 100644
--- a/include/drm/drm_atomic.h
+++ b/include/drm/drm_atomic.h
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ static inline struct drm_crtc_state *
 drm_atomic_get_existing_crtc_state(struct drm_atomic_state *state,
 				   struct drm_crtc *crtc)
 {
-	return state->crtc_states[drm_crtc_index(crtc)];
+	return state->crtcs[drm_crtc_index(crtc)].state;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -183,11 +183,11 @@ int __must_check drm_atomic_nonblocking_commit(struct drm_atomic_state *state);
 	     (__i)++)							\
 		for_each_if (connector)
 
-#define for_each_crtc_in_state(state, crtc, crtc_state, __i)	\
+#define for_each_crtc_in_state(__state, crtc, crtc_state, __i)	\
 	for ((__i) = 0;						\
-	     (__i) < (state)->dev->mode_config.num_crtc &&	\
-	     ((crtc) = (state)->crtcs[__i],			\
-	     (crtc_state) = (state)->crtc_states[__i], 1);	\
+	     (__i) < (__state)->dev->mode_config.num_crtc &&	\
+	     ((crtc) = (__state)->crtcs[__i].ptr,			\
+	     (crtc_state) = (__state)->crtcs[__i].state, 1);	\
 	     (__i)++)						\
 		for_each_if (crtc_state)
 
diff --git a/include/drm/drm_crtc.h b/include/drm/drm_crtc.h
index 821398ce52d074e5376f6a428a8a33206b5e700a..07a410144b07f92c640a9ac89d4100232d9251ff 100644
--- a/include/drm/drm_crtc.h
+++ b/include/drm/drm_crtc.h
@@ -1698,6 +1698,11 @@ struct __drm_planes_state {
 	struct drm_plane_state *state;
 };
 
+struct __drm_crtcs_state {
+	struct drm_crtc *ptr;
+	struct drm_crtc_state *state;
+};
+
 struct __drm_connnectors_state {
 	struct drm_connector *ptr;
 	struct drm_connector_state *state;
@@ -1722,8 +1727,7 @@ struct drm_atomic_state {
 	bool legacy_cursor_update : 1;
 	bool legacy_set_config : 1;
 	struct __drm_planes_state *planes;
-	struct drm_crtc **crtcs;
-	struct drm_crtc_state **crtc_states;
+	struct __drm_crtcs_state *crtcs;
 	int num_connector;
 	struct __drm_connnectors_state *connectors;