diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_fence.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_fence.c
index 35d5f61fc7e4..15fb26088d68 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_fence.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_fence.c
@@ -953,8 +953,7 @@ int vmw_event_fence_action_create(struct drm_file *file_priv,
 				  uint32_t *tv_usec,
 				  bool interruptible)
 {
-	struct vmw_event_fence_action *eaction =
-		kzalloc(sizeof(*eaction), GFP_KERNEL);
+	struct vmw_event_fence_action *eaction;
 	struct ttm_mem_global *mem_glob =
 		vmw_mem_glob(fence->fman->dev_priv);
 	struct vmw_fence_manager *fman = fence->fman;
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_resource.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_resource.c
index c7cff3debe11..86c5e4cceb31 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_resource.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_resource.c
@@ -1255,8 +1255,7 @@ int vmw_surface_define_ioctl(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
 			     struct drm_file *file_priv)
 {
 	struct vmw_private *dev_priv = vmw_priv(dev);
-	struct vmw_user_surface *user_srf =
-	    kmalloc(sizeof(*user_srf), GFP_KERNEL);
+	struct vmw_user_surface *user_srf;
 	struct vmw_surface *srf;
 	struct vmw_resource *res;
 	struct vmw_resource *tmp;