diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/mdp/mdp5/mdp5_cfg.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/mdp/mdp5/mdp5_cfg.h
index efb918d9f68b..a6facafed3bb 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/mdp/mdp5/mdp5_cfg.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/mdp/mdp5/mdp5_cfg.h
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ struct mdp5_smp_block {
 	int mmb_size;			/* MMB: size in bytes */
 	uint32_t clients[MAX_CLIENTS];	/* SMP port allocation /pipe */
 	mdp5_smp_state_t reserved_state;/* SMP MMBs statically allocated */
-	int reserved[MAX_CLIENTS];	/* # of MMBs allocated per client */
+	uint8_t reserved[MAX_CLIENTS];	/* # of MMBs allocated per client */
 };
 
 #define MDP5_INTF_NUM_MAX	5
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/mdp/mdp5/mdp5_smp.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/mdp/mdp5/mdp5_smp.c
index 563cca972dcb..6f425c25d9fe 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/mdp/mdp5/mdp5_smp.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/mdp/mdp5/mdp5_smp.c
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@
 struct mdp5_smp {
 	struct drm_device *dev;
 
-	const struct mdp5_smp_block *cfg;
+	uint8_t reserved[MAX_CLIENTS]; /* fixed MMBs allocation per client */
 
 	int blk_cnt;
 	int blk_size;
@@ -141,10 +141,10 @@ static int smp_request_block(struct mdp5_smp *smp,
 	struct mdp5_kms *mdp5_kms = get_kms(smp);
 	struct mdp5_client_smp_state *ps = &smp->client_state[cid];
 	int i, ret, avail, cur_nblks, cnt = smp->blk_cnt;
-	int reserved;
+	uint8_t reserved;
 	unsigned long flags;
 
-	reserved = smp->cfg->reserved[cid];
+	reserved = smp->reserved[cid];
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&smp->state_lock, flags);
 
@@ -405,12 +405,12 @@ struct mdp5_smp *mdp5_smp_init(struct drm_device *dev, const struct mdp5_smp_blo
 	}
 
 	smp->dev = dev;
-	smp->cfg = cfg;
 	smp->blk_cnt = cfg->mmb_count;
 	smp->blk_size = cfg->mmb_size;
 
 	/* statically tied MMBs cannot be re-allocated: */
 	bitmap_copy(smp->state, cfg->reserved_state, smp->blk_cnt);
+	memcpy(smp->reserved, cfg->reserved, sizeof(smp->reserved));
 	spin_lock_init(&smp->state_lock);
 
 	return smp;