dev->mm_private = NULL;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Initialize an already allocate GEM object of the specified size with
+ * shmfs backing store.
+ */
+int drm_gem_object_init(struct drm_device *dev,
+                       struct drm_gem_object *obj, size_t size)
+{
+       BUG_ON((size & (PAGE_SIZE - 1)) != 0);
+
+       obj->dev = dev;
+       obj->filp = shmem_file_setup("drm mm object", size, VM_NORESERVE);
+       if (IS_ERR(obj->filp))
+               return -ENOMEM;
+
+       kref_init(&obj->refcount);
+       kref_init(&obj->handlecount);
+       obj->size = size;
+
+       atomic_inc(&dev->object_count);
+       atomic_add(obj->size, &dev->object_memory);
+
+       return 0;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_gem_object_init);
+
 /**
  * Allocate a GEM object of the specified size with shmfs backing store
  */
 {
        struct drm_gem_object *obj;
 
-       BUG_ON((size & (PAGE_SIZE - 1)) != 0);
-
        obj = kzalloc(sizeof(*obj), GFP_KERNEL);
        if (!obj)
                goto free;
 
-       obj->dev = dev;
-       obj->filp = shmem_file_setup("drm mm object", size, VM_NORESERVE);
-       if (IS_ERR(obj->filp))
+       if (drm_gem_object_init(dev, obj, size) != 0)
                goto free;
 
-       kref_init(&obj->refcount);
-       kref_init(&obj->handlecount);
-       obj->size = size;
        if (dev->driver->gem_init_object != NULL &&
            dev->driver->gem_init_object(obj) != 0) {
                goto fput;
        }
-       atomic_inc(&dev->object_count);
-       atomic_add(obj->size, &dev->object_memory);
        return obj;
 fput:
+       /* Object_init mangles the global counters - readjust them. */
+       atomic_dec(&dev->object_count);
+       atomic_sub(obj->size, &dev->object_memory);
        fput(obj->filp);
 free:
        kfree(obj);
 
 void drm_gem_object_free_unlocked(struct kref *kref);
 struct drm_gem_object *drm_gem_object_alloc(struct drm_device *dev,
                                            size_t size);
+int drm_gem_object_init(struct drm_device *dev,
+                       struct drm_gem_object *obj, size_t size);
 void drm_gem_object_handle_free(struct kref *kref);
 void drm_gem_vm_open(struct vm_area_struct *vma);
 void drm_gem_vm_close(struct vm_area_struct *vma);