diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_platform.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_platform.c
index 1ada186fab770aba7c598c2661d5fc0955218ad4..039e23548e08f4074c915160a7a43d89298367ec 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_platform.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_platform.c
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ static int nouveau_platform_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 
 	ret = drm_dev_register(drm, 0);
 	if (ret < 0) {
-		drm_dev_unref(drm);
+		drm_dev_put(drm);
 		return ret;
 	}