diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/vc4/vc4_drv.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/vc4/vc4_drv.c
index 44209077000d56de78f90f1fef9495de675b31ca..2e418fa5b81cb1991e643f37a472b9a638ea59f7 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/vc4/vc4_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/vc4/vc4_drv.c
@@ -285,11 +285,13 @@ static int vc4_drm_bind(struct device *dev)
 	if (ret)
 		goto dev_put;
 
-	vc4_gem_init(drm);
+	ret = vc4_gem_init(drm);
+	if (ret)
+		goto dev_put;
 
 	ret = component_bind_all(dev, drm);
 	if (ret)
-		goto gem_destroy;
+		goto dev_put;
 
 	ret = vc4_plane_create_additional_planes(drm);
 	if (ret)
@@ -314,8 +316,6 @@ static int vc4_drm_bind(struct device *dev)
 
 unbind_all:
 	component_unbind_all(dev, drm);
-gem_destroy:
-	vc4_gem_destroy(drm);
 dev_put:
 	drm_dev_put(drm);
 	return ret;
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/vc4/vc4_drv.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/vc4/vc4_drv.h
index 437ff036198d77fde7b164abbb471ebe9878a914..6de6c232fefbef1e7c7b6d4b85165e54b1c5af14 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/vc4/vc4_drv.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/vc4/vc4_drv.h
@@ -874,8 +874,7 @@ extern struct platform_driver vc4_dsi_driver;
 extern const struct dma_fence_ops vc4_fence_ops;
 
 /* vc4_gem.c */
-void vc4_gem_init(struct drm_device *dev);
-void vc4_gem_destroy(struct drm_device *dev);
+int vc4_gem_init(struct drm_device *dev);
 int vc4_submit_cl_ioctl(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
 			struct drm_file *file_priv);
 int vc4_wait_seqno_ioctl(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/vc4/vc4_gem.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/vc4/vc4_gem.c
index 9f01ddd5b932655eadf3849f3262dc2b28277477..32367980d204dfd9390913bcec000ffcc82ed5f0 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/vc4/vc4_gem.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/vc4/vc4_gem.c
@@ -1263,8 +1263,8 @@ vc4_submit_cl_ioctl(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
 	return ret;
 }
 
-void
-vc4_gem_init(struct drm_device *dev)
+static void vc4_gem_destroy(struct drm_device *dev, void *unused);
+int vc4_gem_init(struct drm_device *dev)
 {
 	struct vc4_dev *vc4 = to_vc4_dev(dev);
 
@@ -1285,10 +1285,11 @@ vc4_gem_init(struct drm_device *dev)
 
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&vc4->purgeable.list);
 	mutex_init(&vc4->purgeable.lock);
+
+	return drmm_add_action_or_reset(dev, vc4_gem_destroy, NULL);
 }
 
-void
-vc4_gem_destroy(struct drm_device *dev)
+static void vc4_gem_destroy(struct drm_device *dev, void *unused)
 {
 	struct vc4_dev *vc4 = to_vc4_dev(dev);