diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/vkms/vkms_crtc.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/vkms/vkms_crtc.c
index 28a57ae109fc..434c35d5e947 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/vkms/vkms_crtc.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/vkms/vkms_crtc.c
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 #include <drm/drm_atomic.h>
 #include <drm/drm_atomic_helper.h>
+#include <drm/drm_managed.h>
 #include <drm/drm_probe_helper.h>
 #include <drm/drm_vblank.h>
 
@@ -296,7 +297,9 @@ int vkms_crtc_init(struct drm_device *dev, struct drm_crtc *crtc,
 	spin_lock_init(&vkms_out->lock);
 	spin_lock_init(&vkms_out->composer_lock);
 
-	vkms_out->composer_workq = alloc_ordered_workqueue("vkms_composer", 0);
+	vkms_out->composer_workq = drmm_alloc_ordered_workqueue(dev, "vkms_composer", 0);
+	if (IS_ERR(vkms_out->composer_workq))
+		return PTR_ERR(vkms_out->composer_workq);
 	if (!vkms_out->composer_workq)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/vkms/vkms_drv.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/vkms/vkms_drv.c
index e0409aba9349..7c142bfc3bd9 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/vkms/vkms_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/vkms/vkms_drv.c
@@ -53,14 +53,6 @@ MODULE_PARM_DESC(enable_overlay, "Enable/Disable overlay support");
 
 DEFINE_DRM_GEM_FOPS(vkms_driver_fops);
 
-static void vkms_release(struct drm_device *dev)
-{
-	struct vkms_device *vkms = drm_device_to_vkms_device(dev);
-
-	if (vkms->output.composer_workq)
-		destroy_workqueue(vkms->output.composer_workq);
-}
-
 static void vkms_atomic_commit_tail(struct drm_atomic_state *old_state)
 {
 	struct drm_device *dev = old_state->dev;
@@ -108,7 +100,6 @@ static const struct drm_debugfs_info vkms_config_debugfs_list[] = {
 
 static const struct drm_driver vkms_driver = {
 	.driver_features	= DRIVER_MODESET | DRIVER_ATOMIC | DRIVER_GEM,
-	.release		= vkms_release,
 	.fops			= &vkms_driver_fops,
 	DRM_GEM_SHMEM_DRIVER_OPS,
 	DRM_FBDEV_SHMEM_DRIVER_OPS,