diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_amdkfd_gpuvm.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_amdkfd_gpuvm.c
index 25af45adc03e..49b52ac3e473 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_amdkfd_gpuvm.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_amdkfd_gpuvm.c
@@ -951,11 +951,15 @@ int amdgpu_amdkfd_gpuvm_acquire_process_vm(struct kgd_dev *kgd,
 					   struct dma_fence **ef)
 {
 	struct amdgpu_device *adev = get_amdgpu_device(kgd);
-	struct drm_file *drm_priv = filp->private_data;
-	struct amdgpu_fpriv *drv_priv = drm_priv->driver_priv;
-	struct amdgpu_vm *avm = &drv_priv->vm;
+	struct amdgpu_fpriv *drv_priv;
+	struct amdgpu_vm *avm;
 	int ret;
 
+	ret = amdgpu_file_to_fpriv(filp, &drv_priv);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+	avm = &drv_priv->vm;
+
 	/* Already a compute VM? */
 	if (avm->process_info)
 		return -EINVAL;