diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_ih.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_ih.c
index 534fc04e80fd..5ebb3f43feb6 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_ih.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_ih.c
@@ -40,32 +40,15 @@ static int amdgpu_ih_ring_alloc(struct amdgpu_device *adev)
 
 	/* Allocate ring buffer */
 	if (adev->irq.ih.ring_obj == NULL) {
-		r = amdgpu_bo_create(adev, adev->irq.ih.ring_size,
-				     PAGE_SIZE, true,
-				     AMDGPU_GEM_DOMAIN_GTT, 0,
-				     NULL, NULL, &adev->irq.ih.ring_obj);
+		r = amdgpu_bo_create_kernel(adev, adev->irq.ih.ring_size,
+					    PAGE_SIZE, AMDGPU_GEM_DOMAIN_GTT,
+					    &adev->irq.ih.ring_obj,
+					    &adev->irq.ih.gpu_addr,
+					    (void **)&adev->irq.ih.ring);
 		if (r) {
 			DRM_ERROR("amdgpu: failed to create ih ring buffer (%d).\n", r);
 			return r;
 		}
-		r = amdgpu_bo_reserve(adev->irq.ih.ring_obj, false);
-		if (unlikely(r != 0))
-			return r;
-		r = amdgpu_bo_pin(adev->irq.ih.ring_obj,
-				  AMDGPU_GEM_DOMAIN_GTT,
-				  &adev->irq.ih.gpu_addr);
-		if (r) {
-			amdgpu_bo_unreserve(adev->irq.ih.ring_obj);
-			DRM_ERROR("amdgpu: failed to pin ih ring buffer (%d).\n", r);
-			return r;
-		}
-		r = amdgpu_bo_kmap(adev->irq.ih.ring_obj,
-				   (void **)&adev->irq.ih.ring);
-		amdgpu_bo_unreserve(adev->irq.ih.ring_obj);
-		if (r) {
-			DRM_ERROR("amdgpu: failed to map ih ring buffer (%d).\n", r);
-			return r;
-		}
 	}
 	return 0;
 }