diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_perf.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_perf.c
index b46715b575766c8b40341d74572fcc7ba6a4381e..f20dda40b3781316bf49f899241485836f91b5bb 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_perf.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_perf.c
@@ -3964,7 +3964,7 @@ int i915_perf_add_config_ioctl(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
 	struct i915_perf *perf = &to_i915(dev)->perf;
 	struct drm_i915_perf_oa_config *args = data;
 	struct i915_oa_config *oa_config, *tmp;
-	static struct i915_oa_reg *regs;
+	struct i915_oa_reg *regs;
 	int err, id;
 
 	if (!perf->i915) {