diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/adreno_gpu.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/adreno_gpu.c
index 7ab2788e33b6..20c86e2369f3 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/adreno_gpu.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/adreno_gpu.c
@@ -209,15 +209,6 @@ int adreno_hw_init(struct msm_gpu *gpu)
 		if (!ring)
 			continue;
 
-		ret = msm_gem_get_and_pin_iova(ring->bo, gpu->aspace,
-			&ring->iova);
-		if (ret) {
-			ring->iova = 0;
-			DRM_DEV_ERROR(gpu->dev->dev,
-				"could not map ringbuffer %d: %d\n", i, ret);
-			return ret;
-		}
-
 		ring->cur = ring->start;
 		ring->next = ring->start;
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_ringbuffer.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_ringbuffer.c
index 6169bd6ca153..20a96fe69dcd 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_ringbuffer.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_ringbuffer.c
@@ -36,9 +36,9 @@ struct msm_ringbuffer *msm_ringbuffer_new(struct msm_gpu *gpu, int id,
 
 	ring->gpu = gpu;
 	ring->id = id;
-	/* Pass NULL for the iova pointer - we will map it later */
+
 	ring->start = msm_gem_kernel_new(gpu->dev, MSM_GPU_RINGBUFFER_SZ,
-		MSM_BO_WC, gpu->aspace, &ring->bo, NULL);
+		MSM_BO_WC, gpu->aspace, &ring->bo, &ring->iova);
 
 	if (IS_ERR(ring->start)) {
 		ret = PTR_ERR(ring->start);