diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/qxl/qxl_display.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/qxl/qxl_display.c
index 862ef59d4d03345224460cd05faa10921fc86a3b..1f0802f5d84ef29f05a1d5644e9580ffa4f5e247 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/qxl/qxl_display.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/qxl/qxl_display.c
@@ -1224,6 +1224,10 @@ int qxl_modeset_init(struct qxl_device *qdev)
 
 void qxl_modeset_fini(struct qxl_device *qdev)
 {
+	if (qdev->dumb_shadow_bo) {
+		drm_gem_object_put(&qdev->dumb_shadow_bo->tbo.base);
+		qdev->dumb_shadow_bo = NULL;
+	}
 	qxl_destroy_monitors_object(qdev);
 	drm_mode_config_cleanup(&qdev->ddev);
 }