diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/tegra/drm.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/tegra/drm.c
index fefa715c43150..81f86a67c10d2 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/tegra/drm.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/tegra/drm.c
@@ -539,7 +539,7 @@ static int tegra_client_open(struct tegra_drm_file *fpriv,
 	if (err < 0)
 		return err;
 
-	err = idr_alloc(&fpriv->contexts, context, 0, 0, GFP_KERNEL);
+	err = idr_alloc(&fpriv->contexts, context, 1, 0, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (err < 0) {
 		client->ops->close_channel(context);
 		return err;