diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_perf.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_perf.c
index e94976976571f..2d033255b7cf7 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_perf.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_perf.c
@@ -4367,7 +4367,7 @@ void i915_perf_init(struct drm_i915_private *i915)
 			RUNTIME_INFO(i915)->cs_timestamp_frequency_hz / 2;
 
 		mutex_init(&perf->metrics_lock);
-		idr_init(&perf->metrics_idr);
+		idr_init_base(&perf->metrics_idr, 1);
 
 		/* We set up some ratelimit state to potentially throttle any
 		 * _NOTES about spurious, invalid OA reports which we don't