diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/dispnv04/disp.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/dispnv04/disp.c
index 13705c5f1497..e8b27bb135e7 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/dispnv04/disp.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/dispnv04/disp.c
@@ -189,7 +189,6 @@ static void
 nv04_display_destroy(struct drm_device *dev)
 {
 	struct nv04_display *disp = nv04_display(dev);
-	struct nouveau_drm *drm = nouveau_drm(dev);
 	struct nouveau_encoder *encoder;
 	struct nouveau_crtc *nv_crtc;
 
@@ -206,8 +205,6 @@ nv04_display_destroy(struct drm_device *dev)
 
 	nouveau_display(dev)->priv = NULL;
 	vfree(disp);
-
-	nvif_object_unmap(&drm->client.device.object);
 }
 
 int
@@ -229,8 +226,6 @@ nv04_display_create(struct drm_device *dev)
 
 	disp->drm = drm;
 
-	nvif_object_map(&drm->client.device.object, NULL, 0);
-
 	nouveau_display(dev)->priv = disp;
 	nouveau_display(dev)->dtor = nv04_display_destroy;
 	nouveau_display(dev)->init = nv04_display_init;
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/include/nvif/device.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/include/nvif/device.h
index f7c1b3a43c84..fec76f4733a4 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/include/nvif/device.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/include/nvif/device.h
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ struct nvif_device {
 
 int  nvif_device_ctor(struct nvif_client *, const char *name, struct nvif_device *);
 void nvif_device_dtor(struct nvif_device *);
+int  nvif_device_map(struct nvif_device *);
 u64  nvif_device_time(struct nvif_device *);
 
 /*XXX*/
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_drm.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_drm.c
index 22cdd987dd2f..316f7877047d 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_drm.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_drm.c
@@ -206,6 +206,7 @@ nouveau_cli_fini(struct nouveau_cli *cli)
 	nouveau_vmm_fini(&cli->svm);
 	nouveau_vmm_fini(&cli->vmm);
 	nvif_mmu_dtor(&cli->mmu);
+	cli->device.object.map.ptr = NULL;
 	nvif_device_dtor(&cli->device);
 	if (cli != &cli->drm->master) {
 		mutex_lock(&cli->drm->master.lock);
@@ -267,6 +268,8 @@ nouveau_cli_init(struct nouveau_drm *drm, const char *sname,
 		goto done;
 	}
 
+	cli->device.object.map.ptr = drm->device.object.map.ptr;
+
 	ret = nvif_mclass(&cli->device.object, mmus);
 	if (ret < 0) {
 		NV_PRINTK(err, cli, "No supported MMU class\n");
@@ -715,6 +718,7 @@ nouveau_drm_device_del(struct nouveau_drm *drm)
 	if (drm->dev)
 		drm_dev_put(drm->dev);
 
+	nvif_device_dtor(&drm->device);
 	nvif_client_dtor(&drm->master.base);
 	nvif_parent_dtor(&drm->parent);
 
@@ -751,6 +755,18 @@ nouveau_drm_device_new(const struct drm_driver *drm_driver, struct device *paren
 	if (ret)
 		goto done;
 
+	ret = nvif_device_ctor(&drm->master.base, "drmDevice", &drm->device);
+	if (ret) {
+		NV_ERROR(drm, "Device allocation failed: %d\n", ret);
+		goto done;
+	}
+
+	ret = nvif_device_map(&drm->device);
+	if (ret) {
+		NV_ERROR(drm, "Failed to map PRI: %d\n", ret);
+		goto done;
+	}
+
 done:
 	if (ret) {
 		nouveau_drm_device_del(drm);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_drv.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_drv.h
index e7d072a9a477..80ffe15ba76b 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_drv.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_drv.h
@@ -203,6 +203,8 @@ u_memcpya(uint64_t user, unsigned int nmemb, unsigned int size)
 struct nouveau_drm {
 	struct nvkm_device *nvkm;
 	struct nvif_parent parent;
+	struct nvif_device device;
+
 	struct nouveau_cli master;
 	struct nouveau_cli client;
 	struct drm_device *dev;
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nvif/device.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nvif/device.c
index b14bccb9a93f..24880931039f 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nvif/device.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nvif/device.c
@@ -38,6 +38,12 @@ nvif_device_time(struct nvif_device *device)
 	return device->user.func->time(&device->user);
 }
 
+int
+nvif_device_map(struct nvif_device *device)
+{
+	return nvif_object_map(&device->object, NULL, 0);
+}
+
 void
 nvif_device_dtor(struct nvif_device *device)
 {