diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_execbuffer.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_execbuffer.c
index 81eaf812c9dace8a43817ee323b509b8240adc0a..7d07131aa3f7df8c95520b559bfb130178a43da8 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_execbuffer.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_execbuffer.c
@@ -2730,6 +2730,7 @@ i915_gem_do_execbuffer(struct drm_device *dev,
 	err = eb_submit(&eb);
 err_request:
 	add_to_client(eb.request, file);
+	i915_request_get(eb.request);
 	i915_request_add(eb.request);
 
 	if (fences)
@@ -2745,6 +2746,7 @@ i915_gem_do_execbuffer(struct drm_device *dev,
 			fput(out_fence->file);
 		}
 	}
+	i915_request_put(eb.request);
 
 err_batch_unpin:
 	if (eb.batch_flags & I915_DISPATCH_SECURE)