/* ensure any "self-bootstrapping" firmware image is in vram */
        if (!falcon->data.data && !falcon->core) {
-               ret = nvkm_gpuobj_new(object->parent, NULL, falcon->code.size,
-                                     256, 0, &falcon->core);
+               ret = nvkm_memory_new(device, NVKM_MEM_TARGET_INST,
+                                     falcon->code.size, 256, false,
+                                     &falcon->core);
                if (ret) {
                        nvkm_error(subdev, "core allocation failed, %d\n", ret);
                        return ret;
 
        /* upload firmware bootloader (or the full code segments) */
        if (falcon->core) {
+               u64 addr = nvkm_memory_addr(falcon->core);
                if (device->card_type < NV_C0)
                        nvkm_wr32(device, base + 0x618, 0x04000000);
                else
                        nvkm_wr32(device, base + 0x618, 0x00000114);
                nvkm_wr32(device, base + 0x11c, 0);
-               nvkm_wr32(device, base + 0x110, falcon->core->addr >> 8);
+               nvkm_wr32(device, base + 0x110, addr >> 8);
                nvkm_wr32(device, base + 0x114, 0);
                nvkm_wr32(device, base + 0x118, 0x00006610);
        } else {
        const u32 base = falcon->addr;
 
        if (!suspend) {
-               nvkm_gpuobj_ref(NULL, &falcon->core);
+               nvkm_memory_del(&falcon->core);
                if (falcon->external) {
                        vfree(falcon->data.data);
                        vfree(falcon->code.data);