diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nvkm/engine/ce/gt215.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nvkm/engine/ce/gt215.c
index 704df0f2d1f16c..09a112af2f8935 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nvkm/engine/ce/gt215.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nvkm/engine/ce/gt215.c
@@ -78,6 +78,6 @@ int
 gt215_ce_new(struct nvkm_device *device, enum nvkm_subdev_type type, int inst,
 	     struct nvkm_engine **pengine)
 {
-	return nvkm_falcon_new_(&gt215_ce, device, type, inst,
+	return nvkm_falcon_new_(&gt215_ce, device, type, -1,
 				(device->chipset != 0xaf), 0x104000, pengine);
 }
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nvkm/engine/device/base.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nvkm/engine/device/base.c
index ca75c5f6ecaf80..b51d690f375ff4 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nvkm/engine/device/base.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nvkm/engine/device/base.c
@@ -3147,8 +3147,7 @@ nvkm_device_ctor(const struct nvkm_device_func *func,
 	WARN_ON(device->chip->ptr.inst & ~((1 << ARRAY_SIZE(device->ptr)) - 1));             \
 	for (j = 0; device->chip->ptr.inst && j < ARRAY_SIZE(device->ptr); j++) {            \
 		if ((device->chip->ptr.inst & BIT(j)) && (subdev_mask & BIT_ULL(type))) {    \
-			int inst = (device->chip->ptr.inst == 1) ? -1 : (j);                 \
-			ret = device->chip->ptr.ctor(device, (type), inst, &device->ptr[j]); \
+			ret = device->chip->ptr.ctor(device, (type), (j), &device->ptr[j]);  \
 			subdev = nvkm_device_subdev(device, (type), (j));                    \
 			if (ret) {                                                           \
 				nvkm_subdev_del(&subdev);                                    \