diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_kms.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_kms.c
index ecb3d867b4260d9c9ada27438fb252dac1fc77e9..03f1c203863193621d9941af3051169ea2f79afb 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_kms.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_kms.c
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ void vmw_display_unit_cleanup(struct vmw_display_unit *du)
 		vmw_surface_unreference(&du->cursor_surface);
 	if (du->cursor_dmabuf)
 		vmw_dmabuf_unreference(&du->cursor_dmabuf);
+	drm_sysfs_connector_remove(&du->connector);
 	drm_crtc_cleanup(&du->crtc);
 	drm_encoder_cleanup(&du->encoder);
 	drm_connector_cleanup(&du->connector);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_ldu.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_ldu.c
index c11ddc53512810ba4c48f41495607807cd84a3f4..a055a26819c2b6b7963d6d245576e17b8d9a7500 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_ldu.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_ldu.c
@@ -371,6 +371,8 @@ static int vmw_ldu_init(struct vmw_private *dev_priv, unsigned unit)
 	encoder->possible_crtcs = (1 << unit);
 	encoder->possible_clones = 0;
 
+	(void) drm_sysfs_connector_add(connector);
+
 	drm_crtc_init(dev, crtc, &vmw_legacy_crtc_funcs);
 
 	drm_mode_crtc_set_gamma_size(crtc, 256);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_scrn.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_scrn.c
index 31c6ef3641f90b87683afa56dbe77d101f0d9d63..22406c8651ead6caa629ce6ae2de963bdd0a35d7 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_scrn.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_scrn.c
@@ -467,6 +467,8 @@ static int vmw_sou_init(struct vmw_private *dev_priv, unsigned unit)
 	encoder->possible_crtcs = (1 << unit);
 	encoder->possible_clones = 0;
 
+	(void) drm_sysfs_connector_add(connector);
+
 	drm_crtc_init(dev, crtc, &vmw_screen_object_crtc_funcs);
 
 	drm_mode_crtc_set_gamma_size(crtc, 256);