diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/core/client.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/core/client.c
index 2be389d72f52f2039bbfa54b9f5d8f3542837200..9079c0ac58e6ba071fed5d2f6005af46b21911dc 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/core/client.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/core/client.c
@@ -58,8 +58,9 @@ nouveau_client_create_(const char *name, u64 devname, const char *cfg,
 		return -ENODEV;
 
 	ret = nouveau_namedb_create_(NULL, NULL, &nouveau_client_oclass,
-				     NV_CLIENT_CLASS, nouveau_device_sclass,
-				     0, length, pobject);
+				     NV_CLIENT_CLASS, NULL,
+				     (1ULL << NVDEV_ENGINE_DEVICE),
+				     length, pobject);
 	client = *pobject;
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/core/parent.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/core/parent.c
index db7c549431026f8ad56eeeb6d1062ff3063aa4a9..313380ce632df1b9f1b9eef0915ef14deade0162 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/core/parent.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/core/parent.c
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 
 #include <core/object.h>
 #include <core/parent.h>
+#include <core/client.h>
 
 int
 nouveau_parent_sclass(struct nouveau_object *parent, u16 handle,
@@ -50,7 +51,12 @@ nouveau_parent_sclass(struct nouveau_object *parent, u16 handle,
 	while (mask) {
 		int i = ffsll(mask) - 1;
 
-		if ((engine = nouveau_engine(parent, i))) {
+		if (nv_iclass(parent, NV_CLIENT_CLASS))
+			engine = nv_engine(nv_client(parent)->device);
+		else
+			engine = nouveau_engine(parent, i);
+
+		if (engine) {
 			oclass = engine->sclass;
 			while (oclass->ofuncs) {
 				if ((oclass->handle & 0xffff) == handle) {
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/engine/device/base.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/engine/device/base.c
index 35616424f559aaac98ea86946b0fc727b1ca8d9f..30723ee8114c294e3f5b420d11374f56ac7645b6 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/engine/device/base.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/engine/device/base.c
@@ -413,7 +413,7 @@ nouveau_devobj_ofuncs = {
 /******************************************************************************
  * nouveau_device: engine functions
  *****************************************************************************/
-struct nouveau_oclass
+static struct nouveau_oclass
 nouveau_device_sclass[] = {
 	{ 0x0080, &nouveau_devobj_ofuncs },
 	{}
@@ -470,6 +470,7 @@ nouveau_device_create_(struct pci_dev *pdev, u64 name, const char *sname,
 	device->name = sname;
 
 	nv_subdev(device)->debug = nouveau_dbgopt(device->dbgopt, "DEVICE");
+	nv_engine(device)->sclass = nouveau_device_sclass;
 	list_add(&device->head, &nv_devices);
 done:
 	mutex_unlock(&nv_devices_mutex);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/include/engine/device.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/include/engine/device.h
index c9e4c4afa50e83ad3058377e0ddbf98981747e47..b3dd2c4c2f1ede9405fda56e08150949f8f556c1 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/include/engine/device.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/include/engine/device.h
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ int nv50_identify(struct nouveau_device *);
 int nvc0_identify(struct nouveau_device *);
 int nve0_identify(struct nouveau_device *);
 
-extern struct nouveau_oclass nouveau_device_sclass[];
 struct nouveau_device *nouveau_device_find(u64 name);
 
 #endif