diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fops.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fops.c
index e84faecf52251e49efdb8c53b2ccca345299dd8d..8bed5f45918221962f4283922a25fe3778324a52 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fops.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fops.c
@@ -663,6 +663,10 @@ void drm_event_cancel_free(struct drm_device *dev,
 		list_del(&p->pending_link);
 	}
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&dev->event_lock, flags);
+
+	if (p->fence)
+		fence_put(p->fence);
+
 	kfree(p);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_event_cancel_free);