diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
index c5ad7b96b065a7f9086d715d29fe3647cae8183b..6983b4bcbdeacafca0500a37cc81426d61709da9 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ typedef struct drm_i915_private {
 	/** gt_lock is also taken in irq contexts. */
 	struct spinlock gt_lock;
 
-	struct intel_gmbus *gmbus;
+	struct intel_gmbus gmbus[GMBUS_NUM_PORTS];
 
 	/** gmbus_mutex protects against concurrent usage of the single hw gmbus
 	 * controller on different i2c buses. */
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_i2c.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_i2c.c
index dcde6f64777a9f88c24c533940290dd7c44a6da2..c12db7265893995bf2580b22f10a0c7b586adf4c 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_i2c.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_i2c.c
@@ -387,11 +387,6 @@ int intel_setup_gmbus(struct drm_device *dev)
 	else
 		dev_priv->gpio_mmio_base = 0;
 
-	dev_priv->gmbus = kcalloc(GMBUS_NUM_PORTS, sizeof(struct intel_gmbus),
-				  GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (dev_priv->gmbus == NULL)
-		return -ENOMEM;
-
 	mutex_init(&dev_priv->gmbus_mutex);
 
 	for (i = 0; i < GMBUS_NUM_PORTS; i++) {
@@ -428,8 +423,6 @@ int intel_setup_gmbus(struct drm_device *dev)
 		struct intel_gmbus *bus = &dev_priv->gmbus[i];
 		i2c_del_adapter(&bus->adapter);
 	}
-	kfree(dev_priv->gmbus);
-	dev_priv->gmbus = NULL;
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -468,7 +461,4 @@ void intel_teardown_gmbus(struct drm_device *dev)
 		struct intel_gmbus *bus = &dev_priv->gmbus[i];
 		i2c_del_adapter(&bus->adapter);
 	}
-
-	kfree(dev_priv->gmbus);
-	dev_priv->gmbus = NULL;
 }