diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.c
index 5997b4507f29..bb14209beeed 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.c
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
 #include <drm/drm_atomic_helper.h>
 #include <drm/drm_ioctl.h>
 #include <drm/drm_irq.h>
+#include <drm/drm_managed.h>
 #include <drm/drm_probe_helper.h>
 
 #include "display/intel_acpi.h"
@@ -895,6 +896,8 @@ i915_driver_create(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *ent)
 		return ERR_PTR(err);
 	}
 
+	drmm_add_final_kfree(&i915->drm, i915);
+
 	i915->drm.pdev = pdev;
 	pci_set_drvdata(pdev, i915);
 
@@ -913,7 +916,6 @@ static void i915_driver_destroy(struct drm_i915_private *i915)
 	struct pci_dev *pdev = i915->drm.pdev;
 
 	drm_dev_fini(&i915->drm);
-	kfree(i915);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -997,6 +999,8 @@ int i915_driver_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *ent)
 
 	i915_welcome_messages(i915);
 
+	i915->do_release = true;
+
 	return 0;
 
 out_cleanup_irq:
@@ -1017,6 +1021,7 @@ int i915_driver_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *ent)
 out_fini:
 	i915_probe_error(i915, "Device initialization failed (%d)\n", ret);
 	i915_driver_destroy(i915);
+	drm_dev_put(&i915->drm);
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -1056,6 +1061,9 @@ static void i915_driver_release(struct drm_device *dev)
 	struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv = to_i915(dev);
 	struct intel_runtime_pm *rpm = &dev_priv->runtime_pm;
 
+	if (!dev_priv->do_release)
+		return;
+
 	disable_rpm_wakeref_asserts(rpm);
 
 	i915_gem_driver_release(dev_priv);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
index b621df933212..865865ca3b42 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
@@ -884,6 +884,9 @@ struct i915_selftest_stash {
 struct drm_i915_private {
 	struct drm_device drm;
 
+	/* FIXME: Device release actions should all be moved to drmm_ */
+	bool do_release;
+
 	const struct intel_device_info __info; /* Use INTEL_INFO() to access. */
 	struct intel_runtime_info __runtime; /* Use RUNTIME_INFO() to access. */
 	struct intel_driver_caps caps;
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/selftests/mock_gem_device.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/selftests/mock_gem_device.c
index 754d0eb6beaa..acf889e4b993 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/selftests/mock_gem_device.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/selftests/mock_gem_device.c
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@
 #include <linux/pm_domain.h>
 #include <linux/pm_runtime.h>
 
+#include <drm/drm_managed.h>
+
 #include "gt/intel_gt.h"
 #include "gt/intel_gt_requests.h"
 #include "gt/mock_engine.h"
@@ -55,6 +57,9 @@ static void mock_device_release(struct drm_device *dev)
 {
 	struct drm_i915_private *i915 = to_i915(dev);
 
+	if (!i915->do_release)
+		goto out;
+
 	mock_device_flush(i915);
 	intel_gt_driver_remove(&i915->gt);
 
@@ -72,7 +77,9 @@ static void mock_device_release(struct drm_device *dev)
 	drm_mode_config_cleanup(&i915->drm);
 
 	drm_dev_fini(&i915->drm);
+out:
 	put_device(&i915->drm.pdev->dev);
+	i915->drm.pdev = NULL;
 }
 
 static struct drm_driver mock_driver = {
@@ -114,9 +121,14 @@ struct drm_i915_private *mock_gem_device(void)
 	struct pci_dev *pdev;
 	int err;
 
-	pdev = kzalloc(sizeof(*pdev) + sizeof(*i915), GFP_KERNEL);
+	pdev = kzalloc(sizeof(*pdev), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!pdev)
-		goto err;
+		return NULL;
+	i915 = kzalloc(sizeof(*i915), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!i915) {
+		kfree(pdev);
+		return NULL;
+	}
 
 	device_initialize(&pdev->dev);
 	pdev->class = PCI_BASE_CLASS_DISPLAY << 16;
@@ -129,7 +141,6 @@ struct drm_i915_private *mock_gem_device(void)
 	pdev->dev.archdata.iommu = (void *)-1;
 #endif
 
-	i915 = (struct drm_i915_private *)(pdev + 1);
 	pci_set_drvdata(pdev, i915);
 
 	dev_pm_domain_set(&pdev->dev, &pm_domain);
@@ -141,9 +152,13 @@ struct drm_i915_private *mock_gem_device(void)
 	err = drm_dev_init(&i915->drm, &mock_driver, &pdev->dev);
 	if (err) {
 		pr_err("Failed to initialise mock GEM device: err=%d\n", err);
-		goto put_device;
+		put_device(&pdev->dev);
+		kfree(i915);
+
+		return NULL;
 	}
 	i915->drm.pdev = pdev;
+	drmm_add_final_kfree(&i915->drm, i915);
 
 	intel_runtime_pm_init_early(&i915->runtime_pm);
 
@@ -188,6 +203,8 @@ struct drm_i915_private *mock_gem_device(void)
 	__clear_bit(I915_WEDGED, &i915->gt.reset.flags);
 	intel_engines_driver_register(i915);
 
+	i915->do_release = true;
+
 	return i915;
 
 err_context:
@@ -199,8 +216,7 @@ struct drm_i915_private *mock_gem_device(void)
 	intel_memory_regions_driver_release(i915);
 	drm_mode_config_cleanup(&i915->drm);
 	drm_dev_fini(&i915->drm);
-put_device:
-	put_device(&pdev->dev);
-err:
+	drm_dev_put(&i915->drm);
+
 	return NULL;
 }
