diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/xlnx/zynqmp_kms.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/xlnx/zynqmp_kms.c
index 2452c2f09161f..0812dd6bad7cc 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/xlnx/zynqmp_kms.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/xlnx/zynqmp_kms.c
@@ -538,7 +538,7 @@ void zynqmp_dpsub_drm_cleanup(struct zynqmp_dpsub *dpsub)
 {
 	struct drm_device *drm = &dpsub->drm->dev;
 
-	drm_dev_unregister(drm);
+	drm_dev_unplug(drm);
 	drm_atomic_helper_shutdown(drm);
 	drm_encoder_cleanup(&dpsub->drm->encoder);
 	drm_kms_helper_poll_fini(drm);