diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/qxl/qxl_display.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/qxl/qxl_display.c
index 012bce0cdb65c101345e14121d193500d46f0252..38d6b596094d2ca69e5a84f6a15aa999c4a9c03c 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/qxl/qxl_display.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/qxl/qxl_display.c
@@ -1195,7 +1195,9 @@ int qxl_modeset_init(struct qxl_device *qdev)
 	int i;
 	int ret;
 
-	drm_mode_config_init(&qdev->ddev);
+	ret = drmm_mode_config_init(&qdev->ddev);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
 
 	ret = qxl_create_monitors_object(qdev);
 	if (ret)
@@ -1228,5 +1230,4 @@ int qxl_modeset_init(struct qxl_device *qdev)
 void qxl_modeset_fini(struct qxl_device *qdev)
 {
 	qxl_destroy_monitors_object(qdev);
-	drm_mode_config_cleanup(&qdev->ddev);
 }