diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_sgdma.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_sgdma.c
index 20b6d0b3de5c..c3ccf661b7a6 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_sgdma.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_sgdma.c
@@ -95,12 +95,9 @@ nouveau_sgdma_create_ttm(struct ttm_buffer_object *bo, uint32_t page_flags)
 	else
 		nvbe->ttm.ttm.func = &nv50_sgdma_backend;
 
-	if (ttm_dma_tt_init(&nvbe->ttm, bo, page_flags))
-		/*
-		 * A failing ttm_dma_tt_init() will call ttm_tt_destroy()
-		 * and thus our nouveau_sgdma_destroy() hook, so we don't need
-		 * to free nvbe here.
-		 */
+	if (ttm_dma_tt_init(&nvbe->ttm, bo, page_flags)) {
+		kfree(nvbe);
 		return NULL;
+	}
 	return &nvbe->ttm.ttm;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/ttm/ttm_tt.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/ttm/ttm_tt.c
index bab67873cfd4..9d1c7177384c 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/ttm/ttm_tt.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/ttm/ttm_tt.c
@@ -244,7 +244,6 @@ int ttm_tt_init(struct ttm_tt *ttm, struct ttm_buffer_object *bo,
 	ttm_tt_init_fields(ttm, bo, page_flags);
 
 	if (ttm_tt_alloc_page_directory(ttm)) {
-		ttm_tt_destroy(ttm);
 		pr_err("Failed allocating page table\n");
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	}
@@ -268,7 +267,6 @@ int ttm_dma_tt_init(struct ttm_dma_tt *ttm_dma, struct ttm_buffer_object *bo,
 
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&ttm_dma->pages_list);
 	if (ttm_dma_tt_alloc_page_directory(ttm_dma)) {
-		ttm_tt_destroy(ttm);
 		pr_err("Failed allocating page table\n");
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	}
@@ -290,7 +288,6 @@ int ttm_sg_tt_init(struct ttm_dma_tt *ttm_dma, struct ttm_buffer_object *bo,
 	else
 		ret = ttm_dma_tt_alloc_page_directory(ttm_dma);
 	if (ret) {
-		ttm_tt_destroy(ttm);
 		pr_err("Failed allocating page table\n");
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	}