diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_drv.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_drv.c
index 61a84b958d67..85b58e0c25fa 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_drv.c
@@ -829,7 +829,7 @@ static int vmw_driver_load(struct drm_device *dev, unsigned long chipset)
 	}
 
 	dev_priv->tdev = ttm_object_device_init
-		(dev_priv->mem_global_ref.object, 12, &vmw_prime_dmabuf_ops);
+		(dev_priv->glob.mem_ref.object, 12, &vmw_prime_dmabuf_ops);
 
 	if (unlikely(dev_priv->tdev == NULL)) {
 		DRM_ERROR("Unable to initialize TTM object management.\n");
@@ -870,7 +870,7 @@ static int vmw_driver_load(struct drm_device *dev, unsigned long chipset)
 	}
 
 	ret = ttm_bo_device_init(&dev_priv->bdev,
-				 dev_priv->bo_global_ref.ref.object,
+				 dev_priv->glob.bo_ref.object,
 				 &vmw_bo_driver,
 				 dev->anon_inode->i_mapping,
 				 VMWGFX_FILE_PAGE_OFFSET,
@@ -1530,7 +1530,7 @@ static int vmw_pm_freeze(struct device *kdev)
 
 	vmw_fence_fifo_down(dev_priv->fman);
 	__vmw_svga_disable(dev_priv);
-	
+
 	vmw_release_device_late(dev_priv);
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_drv.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_drv.h
index 59f614225bcd..ae724c756bf0 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_drv.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_drv.h
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
 #include <drm/ttm/ttm_bo_driver.h>
 #include <drm/ttm/ttm_execbuf_util.h>
 #include <drm/ttm/ttm_module.h>
+#include <drm/ttm/ttm_global.h>
 #include "vmwgfx_fence.h"
 #include "ttm_object.h"
 #include "ttm_lock.h"
@@ -417,8 +418,7 @@ enum {
 
 struct vmw_private {
 	struct ttm_bo_device bdev;
-	struct ttm_bo_global_ref bo_global_ref;
-	struct drm_global_reference mem_global_ref;
+	struct ttm_global glob;
 
 	struct vmw_fifo_state fifo;
 
@@ -1363,7 +1363,7 @@ vmw_bo_reference(struct vmw_buffer_object *buf)
 
 static inline struct ttm_mem_global *vmw_mem_glob(struct vmw_private *dev_priv)
 {
-	return (struct ttm_mem_global *) dev_priv->mem_global_ref.object;
+	return (struct ttm_mem_global *) dev_priv->glob.mem_ref.object;
 }
 
 static inline void vmw_fifo_resource_inc(struct vmw_private *dev_priv)
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_ttm_glue.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_ttm_glue.c
index f3ce43c41978..2125a0e3f431 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_ttm_glue.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_ttm_glue.c
@@ -43,56 +43,18 @@ int vmw_mmap(struct file *filp, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 	return ttm_bo_mmap(filp, vma, &dev_priv->bdev);
 }
 
-static int vmw_ttm_mem_global_init(struct drm_global_reference *ref)
-{
-	DRM_INFO("global init.\n");
-	return ttm_mem_global_init(ref->object);
-}
-
-static void vmw_ttm_mem_global_release(struct drm_global_reference *ref)
-{
-	ttm_mem_global_release(ref->object);
-}
-
 int vmw_ttm_global_init(struct vmw_private *dev_priv)
 {
-	struct drm_global_reference *global_ref;
-	int ret;
-
-	global_ref = &dev_priv->mem_global_ref;
-	global_ref->global_type = DRM_GLOBAL_TTM_MEM;
-	global_ref->size = sizeof(struct ttm_mem_global);
-	global_ref->init = &vmw_ttm_mem_global_init;
-	global_ref->release = &vmw_ttm_mem_global_release;
-
-	ret = drm_global_item_ref(global_ref);
+	int ret = ttm_global_init(&dev_priv->glob);
 	if (unlikely(ret != 0)) {
-		DRM_ERROR("Failed setting up TTM memory accounting.\n");
+		DRM_ERROR("Failed setting up TTM.\n");
 		return ret;
 	}
 
-	dev_priv->bo_global_ref.mem_glob =
-		dev_priv->mem_global_ref.object;
-	global_ref = &dev_priv->bo_global_ref.ref;
-	global_ref->global_type = DRM_GLOBAL_TTM_BO;
-	global_ref->size = sizeof(struct ttm_bo_global);
-	global_ref->init = &ttm_bo_global_ref_init;
-	global_ref->release = &ttm_bo_global_ref_release;
-	ret = drm_global_item_ref(global_ref);
-
-	if (unlikely(ret != 0)) {
-		DRM_ERROR("Failed setting up TTM buffer objects.\n");
-		goto out_no_bo;
-	}
-
 	return 0;
-out_no_bo:
-	drm_global_item_unref(&dev_priv->mem_global_ref);
-	return ret;
 }
 
 void vmw_ttm_global_release(struct vmw_private *dev_priv)
 {
-	drm_global_item_unref(&dev_priv->bo_global_ref.ref);
-	drm_global_item_unref(&dev_priv->mem_global_ref);
+	ttm_global_release(&dev_priv->glob);
 }
