diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_vma.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_vma.c
index 43339ecabd73a32dd806161c2ee268f455e6572f..ef3b04c7e15377c526dd6c89c0f887e040768cb2 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_vma.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_vma.c
@@ -1646,10 +1646,10 @@ static void force_unbind(struct i915_vma *vma)
 	GEM_BUG_ON(drm_mm_node_allocated(&vma->node));
 }
 
-static void release_references(struct i915_vma *vma, bool vm_ddestroy)
+static void release_references(struct i915_vma *vma, struct intel_gt *gt,
+			       bool vm_ddestroy)
 {
 	struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj = vma->obj;
-	struct intel_gt *gt = vma->vm->gt;
 
 	GEM_BUG_ON(i915_vma_is_active(vma));
 
@@ -1704,11 +1704,12 @@ void i915_vma_destroy_locked(struct i915_vma *vma)
 
 	force_unbind(vma);
 	list_del_init(&vma->vm_link);
-	release_references(vma, false);
+	release_references(vma, vma->vm->gt, false);
 }
 
 void i915_vma_destroy(struct i915_vma *vma)
 {
+	struct intel_gt *gt;
 	bool vm_ddestroy;
 
 	mutex_lock(&vma->vm->mutex);
@@ -1716,8 +1717,11 @@ void i915_vma_destroy(struct i915_vma *vma)
 	list_del_init(&vma->vm_link);
 	vm_ddestroy = vma->vm_ddestroy;
 	vma->vm_ddestroy = false;
+
+	/* vma->vm may be freed when releasing vma->vm->mutex. */
+	gt = vma->vm->gt;
 	mutex_unlock(&vma->vm->mutex);
-	release_references(vma, vm_ddestroy);
+	release_references(vma, gt, vm_ddestroy);
 }
 
 void i915_vma_parked(struct intel_gt *gt)