diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_sdvo.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_sdvo.c
index e87d2f418de4f381d50471494e5fe8050de4bdb2..987b81f31b0e693cfe7d505b2f66eecc7eac6539 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_sdvo.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_sdvo.c
@@ -2550,7 +2550,7 @@ intel_sdvo_analog_init(struct intel_sdvo *intel_sdvo, int device)
 
 	DRM_DEBUG_KMS("initialising analog device %d\n", device);
 
-	intel_sdvo_connector = kzalloc(sizeof(*intel_sdvo_connector), GFP_KERNEL);
+	intel_sdvo_connector = intel_sdvo_connector_alloc();
 	if (!intel_sdvo_connector)
 		return false;