diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.c
index 1ad88e6d7c0444dbf814ccf013e95b9d8162cebb..5e2ae2300454694037fd02d4d510fb434b1b3fd0 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.c
@@ -1760,7 +1760,7 @@ static void i915_driver_unregister(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv)
 	i915_pmu_unregister(dev_priv);
 
 	i915_teardown_sysfs(dev_priv);
-	drm_dev_unregister(&dev_priv->drm);
+	drm_dev_unplug(&dev_priv->drm);
 
 	i915_gem_shrinker_unregister(dev_priv);
 }