@@ -582,9 +582,6 @@
 	int		  minor;
 	pid_t		  pid;
 	uid_t		  uid;
-#if defined(__NetBSD__)
-	int refs;
-#endif
 	drm_magic_t	  magic;
 	unsigned long	  ioctl_count;
 	void		 *driver_priv;

@@ -70,9 +70,7 @@
 
 	DRM_LOCK();
 	priv = drm_find_file_by_proc(dev, p);
-	if (priv) {
-		priv->refs++;
-	} else {
+	if (!priv) {
 		priv = malloc(sizeof(*priv), DRM_MEM_FILES, M_NOWAIT | M_ZERO);
 		if (priv == NULL) {
 			DRM_UNLOCK();
@@ -81,7 +79,6 @@
 		priv->uid		= kauth_cred_getsvuid(p->p_cred);
 		priv->pid		= p->p_pid;
 
-		priv->refs		= 1;
 		priv->minor		= m;
 		priv->ioctl_count 	= 0;