diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_benchmark.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_benchmark.c
index 649e68c4479bb62fc6531fef27f279866457869a..d1495e1c92894168bc84e3f89decd27f31516cf2 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_benchmark.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_benchmark.c
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ static int amdgpu_benchmark_do_move(struct amdgpu_device *adev, unsigned size,
 {
 	unsigned long start_jiffies;
 	unsigned long end_jiffies;
-	struct dma_fence *fence = NULL;
+	struct dma_fence *fence;
 	int i, r;
 
 	start_jiffies = jiffies;
@@ -44,16 +44,14 @@ static int amdgpu_benchmark_do_move(struct amdgpu_device *adev, unsigned size,
 		if (r)
 			goto exit_do_move;
 		r = dma_fence_wait(fence, false);
+		dma_fence_put(fence);
 		if (r)
 			goto exit_do_move;
-		dma_fence_put(fence);
 	}
 	end_jiffies = jiffies;
 	r = jiffies_to_msecs(end_jiffies - start_jiffies);
 
 exit_do_move:
-	if (fence)
-		dma_fence_put(fence);
 	return r;
 }