diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/vgem/vgem_fence.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/vgem/vgem_fence.c
index 17f32f550dd9965b5c5eaba1d9b56c7b2f9c44de..2902dc6e64faf0b7dddfd306177c6c2410f9704e 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/vgem/vgem_fence.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/vgem/vgem_fence.c
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ int vgem_fence_signal_ioctl(struct drm_device *dev,
 int vgem_fence_open(struct vgem_file *vfile)
 {
 	mutex_init(&vfile->fence_mutex);
-	idr_init(&vfile->fence_idr);
+	idr_init_base(&vfile->fence_idr, 1);
 
 	return 0;
 }