diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_object.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_object.c
index 2020bf4a3830..c0fa4aa9ceea 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_object.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_object.c
@@ -142,7 +142,6 @@ int radeon_bo_create(struct radeon_device *rdev,
 		return r;
 	}
 	bo->rdev = rdev;
-	bo->gem_base.driver_private = NULL;
 	bo->surface_reg = -1;
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&bo->list);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&bo->va);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_prime.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_prime.c
index 65b9eabd5a2f..20074560fc25 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_prime.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_prime.c
@@ -68,7 +68,6 @@ struct drm_gem_object *radeon_gem_prime_import_sg_table(struct drm_device *dev,
 			       RADEON_GEM_DOMAIN_GTT, sg, &bo);
 	if (ret)
 		return ERR_PTR(ret);
-	bo->gem_base.driver_private = bo;
 
 	mutex_lock(&rdev->gem.mutex);
 	list_add_tail(&bo->list, &rdev->gem.objects);