diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/omapdrm/omap_gem_dmabuf.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/omapdrm/omap_gem_dmabuf.c
index ec04a69ade46bde5e4175740ecd6dccaca61ee6f..0f8b597ccd106e9c96d0514a87d2099e50ce05b5 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/omapdrm/omap_gem_dmabuf.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/omapdrm/omap_gem_dmabuf.c
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ struct drm_gem_object *omap_gem_prime_import(struct drm_device *dev,
 			 * Importing dmabuf exported from out own gem increases
 			 * refcount on gem itself instead of f_count of dmabuf.
 			 */
-			drm_gem_object_reference(obj);
+			drm_gem_object_get(obj);
 			return obj;
 		}
 	}