diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/etnaviv/etnaviv_buffer.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/etnaviv/etnaviv_buffer.c
index 0c9c40720ca9..35225ff8792d 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/etnaviv/etnaviv_buffer.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/etnaviv/etnaviv_buffer.c
@@ -397,8 +397,7 @@ void etnaviv_buffer_queue(struct etnaviv_gpu *gpu, u32 exec_state,
 		if (switch_mmu_context) {
 			struct etnaviv_iommu_context *old_context = gpu->mmu_context;
 
-			etnaviv_iommu_context_get(mmu_context);
-			gpu->mmu_context = mmu_context;
+			gpu->mmu_context = etnaviv_iommu_context_get(mmu_context);
 			etnaviv_iommu_context_put(old_context);
 		}
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/etnaviv/etnaviv_gem.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/etnaviv/etnaviv_gem.c
index cb1faaac380a..519948637186 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/etnaviv/etnaviv_gem.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/etnaviv/etnaviv_gem.c
@@ -304,8 +304,7 @@ struct etnaviv_vram_mapping *etnaviv_gem_mapping_get(
 		list_del(&mapping->obj_node);
 	}
 
-	etnaviv_iommu_context_get(mmu_context);
-	mapping->context = mmu_context;
+	mapping->context = etnaviv_iommu_context_get(mmu_context);
 	mapping->use = 1;
 
 	ret = etnaviv_iommu_map_gem(mmu_context, etnaviv_obj,
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/etnaviv/etnaviv_gem_submit.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/etnaviv/etnaviv_gem_submit.c
index 1ba83a90cdef..7085b08b1db4 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/etnaviv/etnaviv_gem_submit.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/etnaviv/etnaviv_gem_submit.c
@@ -534,8 +534,7 @@ int etnaviv_ioctl_gem_submit(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
 		goto err_submit_objects;
 
 	submit->ctx = file->driver_priv;
-	etnaviv_iommu_context_get(submit->ctx->mmu);
-	submit->mmu_context = submit->ctx->mmu;
+	submit->mmu_context = etnaviv_iommu_context_get(submit->ctx->mmu);
 	submit->exec_state = args->exec_state;
 	submit->flags = args->flags;
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/etnaviv/etnaviv_gpu.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/etnaviv/etnaviv_gpu.c
index 85de8551ce86..0fa4885f9c18 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/etnaviv/etnaviv_gpu.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/etnaviv/etnaviv_gpu.c
@@ -1307,12 +1307,10 @@ struct dma_fence *etnaviv_gpu_submit(struct etnaviv_gem_submit *submit)
 	}
 
 	if (!gpu->mmu_context) {
-		etnaviv_iommu_context_get(submit->mmu_context);
-		gpu->mmu_context = submit->mmu_context;
+		gpu->mmu_context = etnaviv_iommu_context_get(submit->mmu_context);
 		etnaviv_gpu_start_fe_idleloop(gpu);
 	} else {
-		etnaviv_iommu_context_get(gpu->mmu_context);
-		submit->prev_mmu_context = gpu->mmu_context;
+		submit->prev_mmu_context = etnaviv_iommu_context_get(gpu->mmu_context);
 	}
 
 	if (submit->nr_pmrs) {
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/etnaviv/etnaviv_mmu.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/etnaviv/etnaviv_mmu.h
index d1d6902fd13b..e4a0b7d09c2e 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/etnaviv/etnaviv_mmu.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/etnaviv/etnaviv_mmu.h
@@ -105,9 +105,11 @@ void etnaviv_iommu_dump(struct etnaviv_iommu_context *ctx, void *buf);
 struct etnaviv_iommu_context *
 etnaviv_iommu_context_init(struct etnaviv_iommu_global *global,
 			   struct etnaviv_cmdbuf_suballoc *suballoc);
-static inline void etnaviv_iommu_context_get(struct etnaviv_iommu_context *ctx)
+static inline struct etnaviv_iommu_context *
+etnaviv_iommu_context_get(struct etnaviv_iommu_context *ctx)
 {
 	kref_get(&ctx->refcount);
+	return ctx;
 }
 void etnaviv_iommu_context_put(struct etnaviv_iommu_context *ctx);
 void etnaviv_iommu_restore(struct etnaviv_gpu *gpu,