diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/scheduler/sched_main.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/scheduler/sched_main.c
index 5bc5f775abe1ef10a4ab467072f3a4ba13d81aab..94fe51b3caa20a0b30b0e034d0b65095673989a9 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/scheduler/sched_main.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/scheduler/sched_main.c
@@ -707,6 +707,9 @@ int drm_sched_job_add_implicit_dependencies(struct drm_sched_job *job,
 		ret = drm_sched_job_add_dependency(job, fence);
 		if (ret)
 			return ret;
+
+		/* Make sure to grab an additional ref on the added fence */
+		dma_fence_get(fence);
 	}
 	return 0;
 }