diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/armada/armada_drv.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/armada/armada_drv.c
index 63f42d001f33d9ac1737d358c21ccdb4184083ff..b4e5e0529eae90a18635b0f86c04f96697f20b66 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/armada/armada_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/armada/armada_drv.c
@@ -154,10 +154,9 @@ static int armada_drm_bind(struct device *dev)
 		return ret;
 	}
 
-	priv->drm.platformdev = to_platform_device(dev);
 	priv->drm.dev_private = priv;
 
-	platform_set_drvdata(priv->drm.platformdev, &priv->drm);
+	dev_set_drvdata(dev, &priv->drm);
 
 	INIT_WORK(&priv->fb_unref_work, armada_drm_unref_work);
 	INIT_KFIFO(priv->fb_unref);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/mdp/mdp4/mdp4_kms.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/mdp/mdp4/mdp4_kms.c
index 94ea963519b28206ff2cc47c231ed45c752df9cf..a4e1206a66a8dfa676661822801fbdd08cbfe431 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/mdp/mdp4/mdp4_kms.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/mdp/mdp4/mdp4_kms.c
@@ -434,7 +434,7 @@ fail:
 
 struct msm_kms *mdp4_kms_init(struct drm_device *dev)
 {
-	struct platform_device *pdev = dev->platformdev;
+	struct platform_device *pdev = to_platform_device(dev->dev);
 	struct mdp4_platform_config *config = mdp4_get_config(pdev);
 	struct mdp4_kms *mdp4_kms;
 	struct msm_kms *kms = NULL;
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/mdp/mdp5/mdp5_cfg.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/mdp/mdp5/mdp5_cfg.c
index 34ab553f6897656c0eddc14b0f65a88f9e693e11..ba2d017f6591419ca7c32146c6e7031aa61fe916 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/mdp/mdp5/mdp5_cfg.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/mdp/mdp5/mdp5_cfg.c
@@ -505,7 +505,7 @@ struct mdp5_cfg_handler *mdp5_cfg_init(struct mdp5_kms *mdp5_kms,
 		uint32_t major, uint32_t minor)
 {
 	struct drm_device *dev = mdp5_kms->dev;
-	struct platform_device *pdev = dev->platformdev;
+	struct platform_device *pdev = to_platform_device(dev->dev);
 	struct mdp5_cfg_handler *cfg_handler;
 	struct mdp5_cfg_platform *pconfig;
 	int i, ret = 0;
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/mdp/mdp5/mdp5_mdss.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/mdp/mdp5/mdp5_mdss.c
index d444a6901fff869ddabb735630a64243091297db..f8f48d014978c0ccd5cc9ffcc3d699b86f779399 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/mdp/mdp5/mdp5_mdss.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/mdp/mdp5/mdp5_mdss.c
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ void msm_mdss_destroy(struct drm_device *dev)
 
 int msm_mdss_init(struct drm_device *dev)
 {
-	struct platform_device *pdev = dev->platformdev;
+	struct platform_device *pdev = to_platform_device(dev->dev);
 	struct msm_drm_private *priv = dev->dev_private;
 	struct msm_mdss *mdss;
 	int ret;
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_drv.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_drv.c
index 70226eaa5cac24ad34a85e1b0117492acca3d471..19435079b11f32a5b2ca4135f361be82878483c1 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_drv.c
@@ -383,7 +383,6 @@ static int msm_drm_init(struct device *dev, struct drm_driver *drv)
 	}
 
 	platform_set_drvdata(pdev, ddev);
-	ddev->platformdev = pdev;
 
 	priv = kzalloc(sizeof(*priv), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!priv) {
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_drm.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_drm.c
index dd7b52ab505a023f9491ee29bc97d1318726de6d..e4ddd43c2c796d33ae148d9addb4f3ad8dd979a8 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_drm.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_drm.c
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ nouveau_name(struct drm_device *dev)
 	if (dev->pdev)
 		return nouveau_pci_name(dev->pdev);
 	else
-		return nouveau_platform_name(dev->platformdev);
+		return nouveau_platform_name(to_platform_device(dev->dev));
 }
 
 static int
@@ -1088,7 +1088,6 @@ nouveau_platform_device_create(const struct nvkm_device_tegra_func *func,
 		goto err_free;
 	}
 
-	drm->platformdev = pdev;
 	platform_set_drvdata(pdev, drm);
 
 	return drm;
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/sti/sti_drv.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/sti/sti_drv.c
index e6c1646b9c53ac2de3b26fd5bbc8679d150f3f8a..fedade400eebed8d466a0382ce9157d9fc40aea7 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/sti/sti_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/sti/sti_drv.c
@@ -273,8 +273,6 @@ static int sti_bind(struct device *dev)
 	if (IS_ERR(ddev))
 		return PTR_ERR(ddev);
 
-	ddev->platformdev = to_platform_device(dev);
-
 	ret = sti_init(ddev);
 	if (ret)
 		goto err_drm_dev_unref;
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/tilcdc/tilcdc_drv.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/tilcdc/tilcdc_drv.c
index 372d86fbb093865816845331aea01651a6e6f1c0..ea6a228a217fbf03950e59c9f9f1e50f69cbbce5 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/tilcdc/tilcdc_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/tilcdc/tilcdc_drv.c
@@ -245,7 +245,6 @@ static int tilcdc_init(struct drm_driver *ddrv, struct device *dev)
 	if (IS_ERR(ddev))
 		return PTR_ERR(ddev);
 
-	ddev->platformdev = pdev;
 	ddev->dev_private = priv;
 	platform_set_drvdata(pdev, ddev);
 	drm_mode_config_init(ddev);
diff --git a/include/drm/drmP.h b/include/drm/drmP.h
index 231a6cc925ddca2c43571474504f71b15eb4f07f..aa8f203142370b2cb2e5348871224efe31632370 100644
--- a/include/drm/drmP.h
+++ b/include/drm/drmP.h
@@ -610,7 +610,6 @@ struct drm_device {
 	struct pci_controller *hose;
 #endif
 
-	struct platform_device *platformdev; /**< Platform device struture */
 	struct virtio_device *virtdev;
 
 	struct drm_sg_mem *sg;	/**< Scatter gather memory */