static int
 nvkm_client_resume(void *priv)
 {
-       return nvkm_client_init(priv);
+       struct nvkm_client *client = priv;
+       return nvkm_object_init(&client->object);
 }
 
 static int
 nvkm_client_suspend(void *priv)
 {
-       return nvkm_client_fini(priv, true);
+       struct nvkm_client *client = priv;
+       return nvkm_object_fini(&client->object, true);
 }
 
 static void
 nvkm_client_driver_fini(void *priv)
 {
        struct nvkm_client *client = priv;
-       nvkm_client_del(&client);
+       struct nvkm_object *object = &client->object;
+       nvkm_object_fini(object, false);
+       nvkm_object_del(&object);
 }
 
 static int
 
        return 0;
 }
 
-static const struct nvkm_object_func
-nvkm_client_object_func = {
-       .mthd = nvkm_client_mthd,
-       .sclass = nvkm_client_child_get,
-};
-
-int
-nvkm_client_fini(struct nvkm_client *client, bool suspend)
+static int
+nvkm_client_fini(struct nvkm_object *object, bool suspend)
 {
-       struct nvkm_object *object = &client->object;
+       struct nvkm_client *client = nvkm_client(object);
        const char *name[2] = { "fini", "suspend" };
        int i;
        nvif_debug(object, "%s notify\n", name[suspend]);
        for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(client->notify); i++)
                nvkm_client_notify_put(client, i);
-       return nvkm_object_fini(&client->object, suspend);
-}
-
-int
-nvkm_client_init(struct nvkm_client *client)
-{
-       return nvkm_object_init(&client->object);
+       return 0;
 }
 
-void
-nvkm_client_del(struct nvkm_client **pclient)
+static void *
+nvkm_client_dtor(struct nvkm_object *object)
 {
-       struct nvkm_client *client = *pclient;
+       struct nvkm_client *client = nvkm_client(object);
        int i;
-       if (client) {
-               nvkm_client_fini(client, false);
-               for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(client->notify); i++)
-                       nvkm_client_notify_del(client, i);
-               nvkm_object_dtor(&client->object);
-               kfree(*pclient);
-               *pclient = NULL;
-       }
+       for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(client->notify); i++)
+               nvkm_client_notify_del(client, i);
+       return client;
 }
 
+static const struct nvkm_object_func
+nvkm_client = {
+       .dtor = nvkm_client_dtor,
+       .fini = nvkm_client_fini,
+       .mthd = nvkm_client_mthd,
+       .sclass = nvkm_client_child_get,
+};
+
 int
 nvkm_client_new(const char *name, u64 device, const char *cfg,
                const char *dbg, struct nvkm_client **pclient)
                return -ENOMEM;
        oclass.client = client;
 
-       nvkm_object_ctor(&nvkm_client_object_func, &oclass, &client->object);
+       nvkm_object_ctor(&nvkm_client, &oclass, &client->object);
        snprintf(client->name, sizeof(client->name), "%s", name);
        client->device = device;
        client->debug = nvkm_dbgopt(dbg, "CLIENT");