diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gpu_error.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gpu_error.c
index a635ec8d0b948f1016421c65e005b53a18ba3c99..cf6e47adfde6fc3262555548d3e8e47fe80f3651 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gpu_error.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gpu_error.c
@@ -1312,7 +1312,7 @@ capture_vma(struct intel_engine_capture_vma *next,
 	}
 
 	strcpy(c->name, name);
-	c->vma = i915_vma_get(vma);
+	c->vma = vma; /* reference held while active */
 
 	c->next = next;
 	return c;
@@ -1402,7 +1402,6 @@ intel_engine_coredump_add_vma(struct intel_engine_coredump *ee,
 						 compress));
 
 		i915_active_release(&vma->active);
-		i915_vma_put(vma);
 
 		capture = this->next;
 		kfree(this);