diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/ttm/ttm_bo_util.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/ttm/ttm_bo_util.c
index 8369e35c0dce744933331636cdd680b04f66b39f..4834c463c38bdf04d02049f5ca324d152fb6f57d 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/ttm/ttm_bo_util.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/ttm/ttm_bo_util.c
@@ -343,21 +343,25 @@ int ttm_bo_move_memcpy(struct ttm_buffer_object *bo,
 	if (ret)
 		goto out;
 
+	/*
+	 * Single TTM move. NOP.
+	 */
 	if (old_iomap == NULL && new_iomap == NULL)
 		goto out2;
+
+	/*
+	 * Move nonexistent data. NOP.
+	 */
 	if (old_iomap == NULL && ttm == NULL)
 		goto out2;
 
-	/* TTM might be null for moves within the same region.
+	/*
+	 * TTM might be null for moves within the same region.
 	 */
 	if (ttm && ttm->state == tt_unpopulated) {
 		ret = ttm->bdev->driver->ttm_tt_populate(ttm);
-		if (ret) {
-			/* if we fail here don't nuke the mm node
-			 * as the bo still owns it */
-			old_copy.mm_node = NULL;
+		if (ret)
 			goto out1;
-		}
 	}
 
 	add = 0;
@@ -383,11 +387,8 @@ int ttm_bo_move_memcpy(struct ttm_buffer_object *bo,
 						   prot);
 		} else
 			ret = ttm_copy_io_page(new_iomap, old_iomap, page);
-		if (ret) {
-			/* failing here, means keep old copy as-is */
-			old_copy.mm_node = NULL;
+		if (ret)
 			goto out1;
-		}
 	}
 	mb();
 out2:
@@ -405,7 +406,12 @@ int ttm_bo_move_memcpy(struct ttm_buffer_object *bo,
 	ttm_mem_reg_iounmap(bdev, old_mem, new_iomap);
 out:
 	ttm_mem_reg_iounmap(bdev, &old_copy, old_iomap);
-	ttm_bo_mem_put(bo, &old_copy);
+
+	/*
+	 * On error, keep the mm node!
+	 */
+	if (!ret)
+		ttm_bo_mem_put(bo, &old_copy);
 	return ret;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(ttm_bo_move_memcpy);