diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_irq.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_irq.c
index aa9b0649506757c1e7819a5adf33462e43ed3606..6473089e5fd3e32499389c04dd16a005993f80aa 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_irq.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_irq.c
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ int drm_vblank_init(struct drm_device *dev, int num_crtcs)
 	return 0;
 
 err:
-	drm_vblank_cleanup(dev);
+	dev->num_crtcs = 0;
 	return ret;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_vblank_init);