diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_drv.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_drv.c
index cd162d406078aa6d6aa802e5f90ee6124be61b4b..006e3b896caea7ed28a9c3df19bb5b134eef9ab9 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_drv.c
@@ -577,6 +577,7 @@ static int drm_dev_init(struct drm_device *dev,
 			struct drm_driver *driver,
 			struct device *parent)
 {
+	struct inode *inode;
 	int ret;
 
 	if (!drm_core_init_complete) {
@@ -613,13 +614,15 @@ static int drm_dev_init(struct drm_device *dev,
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
-	dev->anon_inode = drm_fs_inode_new();
-	if (IS_ERR(dev->anon_inode)) {
-		ret = PTR_ERR(dev->anon_inode);
+	inode = drm_fs_inode_new();
+	if (IS_ERR(inode)) {
+		ret = PTR_ERR(inode);
 		DRM_ERROR("Cannot allocate anonymous inode: %d\n", ret);
 		goto err;
 	}
 
+	dev->anon_inode = inode;
+
 	if (drm_core_check_feature(dev, DRIVER_RENDER)) {
 		ret = drm_minor_alloc(dev, DRM_MINOR_RENDER);
 		if (ret)