diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic_helper.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic_helper.c
index 1bc32cd74d78e61126d0b67a4a1c3e477b2582d9..94ad11f76e0e05b8d3a02f8fea152e78ff1a2d8e 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic_helper.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic_helper.c
@@ -1633,8 +1633,7 @@ static int stall_checks(struct drm_crtc *crtc, bool nonblock)
 				return -EBUSY;
 			}
 		} else if (i == 1) {
-			stall_commit = commit;
-			drm_crtc_commit_get(stall_commit);
+			stall_commit = drm_crtc_commit_get(commit);
 			break;
 		}
 
diff --git a/include/drm/drm_atomic.h b/include/drm/drm_atomic.h
index f73b663c1f76a8de0ebaf418ae3f63a1bf42d3f4..c0451e2a51af902ae4b1aa050b96585bd5fa7847 100644
--- a/include/drm/drm_atomic.h
+++ b/include/drm/drm_atomic.h
@@ -252,10 +252,14 @@ void __drm_crtc_commit_free(struct kref *kref);
  * @commit: CRTC commit
  *
  * Increases the reference of @commit.
+ *
+ * Returns:
+ * The pointer to @commit, with reference increased.
  */
-static inline void drm_crtc_commit_get(struct drm_crtc_commit *commit)
+static inline struct drm_crtc_commit *drm_crtc_commit_get(struct drm_crtc_commit *commit)
 {
 	kref_get(&commit->ref);
+	return commit;
 }
 
 /**