diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_kms.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_kms.c
index aa532ad31a23..f3379059f324 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_kms.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_kms.c
@@ -234,6 +234,7 @@ int virtio_gpu_init(struct drm_device *dev)
 err_vbufs:
 	vgdev->vdev->config->del_vqs(vgdev->vdev);
 err_vqs:
+	dev->dev_private = NULL;
 	kfree(vgdev);
 	return ret;
 }