diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/include/nvif/vmm.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/include/nvif/vmm.h
index 79bf85d2f43a..a2ee92201ace 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/include/nvif/vmm.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/include/nvif/vmm.h
@@ -30,9 +30,9 @@ struct nvif_vmm {
 	int page_nr;
 };
 
-int nvif_vmm_init(struct nvif_mmu *, s32 oclass, bool managed, u64 addr,
-		  u64 size, void *argv, u32 argc, struct nvif_vmm *);
-void nvif_vmm_fini(struct nvif_vmm *);
+int nvif_vmm_ctor(struct nvif_mmu *, const char *name, s32 oclass, bool managed,
+		  u64 addr, u64 size, void *argv, u32 argc, struct nvif_vmm *);
+void nvif_vmm_dtor(struct nvif_vmm *);
 int nvif_vmm_get(struct nvif_vmm *, enum nvif_vmm_get, bool sparse,
 		 u8 page, u8 align, u64 size, struct nvif_vma *);
 void nvif_vmm_put(struct nvif_vmm *, struct nvif_vma *);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_svm.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_svm.c
index c1e773964eca..6f65fa73e1cd 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_svm.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_svm.c
@@ -347,7 +347,8 @@ nouveau_svmm_init(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
 	 * All future channel/memory allocations will make use of this
 	 * VMM instead of the standard one.
 	 */
-	ret = nvif_vmm_init(&cli->mmu, cli->vmm.vmm.object.oclass, true,
+	ret = nvif_vmm_ctor(&cli->mmu, "svmVmm",
+			    cli->vmm.vmm.object.oclass, true,
 			    args->unmanaged_addr, args->unmanaged_size,
 			    &(struct gp100_vmm_v0) {
 				.fault_replay = true,
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_vmm.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_vmm.c
index b28c7dc13ad6..a49e88129c92 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_vmm.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_vmm.c
@@ -121,15 +121,15 @@ void
 nouveau_vmm_fini(struct nouveau_vmm *vmm)
 {
 	nouveau_svmm_fini(&vmm->svmm);
-	nvif_vmm_fini(&vmm->vmm);
+	nvif_vmm_dtor(&vmm->vmm);
 	vmm->cli = NULL;
 }
 
 int
 nouveau_vmm_init(struct nouveau_cli *cli, s32 oclass, struct nouveau_vmm *vmm)
 {
-	int ret = nvif_vmm_init(&cli->mmu, oclass, false, PAGE_SIZE, 0, NULL, 0,
-				&vmm->vmm);
+	int ret = nvif_vmm_ctor(&cli->mmu, "drmVmm", oclass, false, PAGE_SIZE,
+				0, NULL, 0, &vmm->vmm);
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nvif/vmm.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nvif/vmm.c
index dc82e5515fc5..6053d6dc2184 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nvif/vmm.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nvif/vmm.c
@@ -105,15 +105,15 @@ nvif_vmm_get(struct nvif_vmm *vmm, enum nvif_vmm_get type, bool sparse,
 }
 
 void
-nvif_vmm_fini(struct nvif_vmm *vmm)
+nvif_vmm_dtor(struct nvif_vmm *vmm)
 {
 	kfree(vmm->page);
 	nvif_object_dtor(&vmm->object);
 }
 
 int
-nvif_vmm_init(struct nvif_mmu *mmu, s32 oclass, bool managed, u64 addr,
-	      u64 size, void *argv, u32 argc, struct nvif_vmm *vmm)
+nvif_vmm_ctor(struct nvif_mmu *mmu, const char *name, s32 oclass, bool managed,
+	      u64 addr, u64 size, void *argv, u32 argc, struct nvif_vmm *vmm)
 {
 	struct nvif_vmm_v0 *args;
 	u32 argn = sizeof(*args) + argc;
@@ -130,8 +130,8 @@ nvif_vmm_init(struct nvif_mmu *mmu, s32 oclass, bool managed, u64 addr,
 	args->size = size;
 	memcpy(args->data, argv, argc);
 
-	ret = nvif_object_ctor(&mmu->object, "nvifVmm", 0, oclass, args, argn,
-			       &vmm->object);
+	ret = nvif_object_ctor(&mmu->object, name ? name : "nvifVmm", 0,
+			       oclass, args, argn, &vmm->object);
 	if (ret)
 		goto done;
 
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ nvif_vmm_init(struct nvif_mmu *mmu, s32 oclass, bool managed, u64 addr,
 
 done:
 	if (ret)
-		nvif_vmm_fini(vmm);
+		nvif_vmm_dtor(vmm);
 	kfree(args);
 	return ret;
 }