diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_auth.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_auth.c
index 3f46772f0cb212d5135ad686fbd20857e6b54a25..ba23790450e9d4877ec8721ed5280140a18272ea 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_auth.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_auth.c
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ static int drm_add_magic(struct drm_master *master, struct drm_file *priv,
  * Searches and unlinks the entry in drm_device::magiclist with the magic
  * number hash key, while holding the drm_device::struct_mutex lock.
  */
-static int drm_remove_magic(struct drm_master *master, drm_magic_t magic)
+int drm_remove_magic(struct drm_master *master, drm_magic_t magic)
 {
 	struct drm_magic_entry *pt;
 	struct drm_hash_item *hash;
@@ -136,6 +136,8 @@ static int drm_remove_magic(struct drm_master *master, drm_magic_t magic)
  * If there is a magic number in drm_file::magic then use it, otherwise
  * searches an unique non-zero magic number and add it associating it with \p
  * file_priv.
+ * This ioctl needs protection by the drm_global_mutex, which protects
+ * struct drm_file::magic and struct drm_magic_entry::priv.
  */
 int drm_getmagic(struct drm_device *dev, void *data, struct drm_file *file_priv)
 {
@@ -173,6 +175,8 @@ int drm_getmagic(struct drm_device *dev, void *data, struct drm_file *file_priv)
  * \return zero if authentication successed, or a negative number otherwise.
  *
  * Checks if \p file_priv is associated with the magic number passed in \arg.
+ * This ioctl needs protection by the drm_global_mutex, which protects
+ * struct drm_file::magic and struct drm_magic_entry::priv.
  */
 int drm_authmagic(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
 		  struct drm_file *file_priv)
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fops.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fops.c
index c00cf154cc0bbd81ce3c807fde6bffb2a5ff777f..6263b0147598de9688fcdfefb8a0dadc841f9ad9 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fops.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fops.c
@@ -487,6 +487,11 @@ int drm_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
 		  (long)old_encode_dev(file_priv->minor->device),
 		  dev->open_count);
 
+	/* Release any auth tokens that might point to this file_priv,
+	   (do that under the drm_global_mutex) */
+	if (file_priv->magic)
+		(void) drm_remove_magic(file_priv->master, file_priv->magic);
+
 	/* if the master has gone away we can't do anything with the lock */
 	if (file_priv->minor->master)
 		drm_master_release(dev, filp);
diff --git a/include/drm/drmP.h b/include/drm/drmP.h
index 76caa67c22e2629391a4124396723a94a5736e56..92f0981b5fb862e214ecf8b5c906ad98ef065a92 100644
--- a/include/drm/drmP.h
+++ b/include/drm/drmP.h
@@ -1328,6 +1328,7 @@ extern int drm_getmagic(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
 			struct drm_file *file_priv);
 extern int drm_authmagic(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
 			 struct drm_file *file_priv);
+extern int drm_remove_magic(struct drm_master *master, drm_magic_t magic);
 
 /* Cache management (drm_cache.c) */
 void drm_clflush_pages(struct page *pages[], unsigned long num_pages);