diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_job.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_job.c
index 8f51adf3b3292e67ea20270a23086ac46c6cc360..1062b7ed74ec13ea3f72f02c522b1851bc2006b5 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_job.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_job.c
@@ -162,7 +162,10 @@ void amdgpu_job_free(struct amdgpu_job *job)
 	amdgpu_sync_free(&job->sync);
 	amdgpu_sync_free(&job->sched_sync);
 
-	dma_fence_put(&job->hw_fence);
+	if (!job->hw_fence.ops)
+		kfree(job);
+	else
+		dma_fence_put(&job->hw_fence);
 }
 
 int amdgpu_job_submit(struct amdgpu_job *job, struct drm_sched_entity *entity,