diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/ti-vpe/vpdma.c b/drivers/media/platform/ti-vpe/vpdma.c
index 8f0d608c70f6..070937fe1af6 100644
--- a/drivers/media/platform/ti-vpe/vpdma.c
+++ b/drivers/media/platform/ti-vpe/vpdma.c
@@ -1130,21 +1130,14 @@ static int vpdma_load_firmware(struct vpdma_data *vpdma)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-struct vpdma_data *vpdma_create(struct platform_device *pdev,
+int vpdma_create(struct platform_device *pdev, struct vpdma_data *vpdma,
 		void (*cb)(struct platform_device *pdev))
 {
 	struct resource *res;
-	struct vpdma_data *vpdma;
 	int r;
 
 	dev_dbg(&pdev->dev, "vpdma_create\n");
 
-	vpdma = devm_kzalloc(&pdev->dev, sizeof(*vpdma), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!vpdma) {
-		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "couldn't alloc vpdma_dev\n");
-		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
-	}
-
 	vpdma->pdev = pdev;
 	vpdma->cb = cb;
 	spin_lock_init(&vpdma->lock);
@@ -1152,22 +1145,22 @@ struct vpdma_data *vpdma_create(struct platform_device *pdev,
 	res = platform_get_resource_byname(pdev, IORESOURCE_MEM, "vpdma");
 	if (res == NULL) {
 		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "missing platform resources data\n");
-		return ERR_PTR(-ENODEV);
+		return -ENODEV;
 	}
 
 	vpdma->base = devm_ioremap(&pdev->dev, res->start, resource_size(res));
 	if (!vpdma->base) {
 		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "failed to ioremap\n");
-		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+		return -ENOMEM;
 	}
 
 	r = vpdma_load_firmware(vpdma);
 	if (r) {
 		pr_err("failed to load firmware %s\n", VPDMA_FIRMWARE);
-		return ERR_PTR(r);
+		return r;
 	}
 
-	return vpdma;
+	return 0;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(vpdma_create);
 
diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/ti-vpe/vpdma.h b/drivers/media/platform/ti-vpe/vpdma.h
index 405a6febc254..0df156b7c1cf 100644
--- a/drivers/media/platform/ti-vpe/vpdma.h
+++ b/drivers/media/platform/ti-vpe/vpdma.h
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ void vpdma_set_bg_color(struct vpdma_data *vpdma,
 void vpdma_dump_regs(struct vpdma_data *vpdma);
 
 /* initialize vpdma, passed with VPE's platform device pointer */
-struct vpdma_data *vpdma_create(struct platform_device *pdev,
+int vpdma_create(struct platform_device *pdev, struct vpdma_data *vpdma,
 		void (*cb)(struct platform_device *pdev));
 
 #endif
diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/ti-vpe/vpe.c b/drivers/media/platform/ti-vpe/vpe.c
index f92ad7a473c1..15e846b95719 100644
--- a/drivers/media/platform/ti-vpe/vpe.c
+++ b/drivers/media/platform/ti-vpe/vpe.c
@@ -383,6 +383,7 @@ struct vpe_dev {
 	void __iomem		*base;
 	struct resource		*res;
 
+	struct vpdma_data	vpdma_data;
 	struct vpdma_data	*vpdma;		/* vpdma data handle */
 	struct sc_data		*sc;		/* scaler data handle */
 	struct csc_data		*csc;		/* csc data handle */
@@ -2462,11 +2463,10 @@ static int vpe_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		goto runtime_put;
 	}
 
-	dev->vpdma = vpdma_create(pdev, vpe_fw_cb);
-	if (IS_ERR(dev->vpdma)) {
-		ret = PTR_ERR(dev->vpdma);
+	dev->vpdma = &dev->vpdma_data;
+	ret = vpdma_create(pdev, dev->vpdma, vpe_fw_cb);
+	if (ret)
 		goto runtime_put;
-	}
 
 	return 0;