diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/vkms/vkms_drv.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/vkms/vkms_drv.h
index e018752d57bbf7e30dd55b978cf941d9ba458b0e..b46c31e25c276e075a6463a5cb119a6fd1d5cb99 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/vkms/vkms_drv.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/vkms/vkms_drv.h
@@ -62,11 +62,6 @@ int vkms_output_init(struct vkms_device *vkmsdev);
 struct drm_plane *vkms_plane_init(struct vkms_device *vkmsdev);
 
 /* Gem stuff */
-struct drm_gem_object *vkms_gem_create(struct drm_device *dev,
-				       struct drm_file *file,
-				       u32 *handle,
-				       u64 size);
-
 int vkms_gem_fault(struct vm_fault *vmf);
 
 int vkms_dumb_create(struct drm_file *file, struct drm_device *dev,
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/vkms/vkms_gem.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/vkms/vkms_gem.c
index ce394009a36c6739519183b57ff347b559a24ff6..f731683c932ed652fedeafde59afeeebc32ccd60 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/vkms/vkms_gem.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/vkms/vkms_gem.c
@@ -93,10 +93,10 @@ int vkms_gem_fault(struct vm_fault *vmf)
 	return ret;
 }
 
-struct drm_gem_object *vkms_gem_create(struct drm_device *dev,
-				       struct drm_file *file,
-				       u32 *handle,
-				       u64 size)
+static struct drm_gem_object *vkms_gem_create(struct drm_device *dev,
+					      struct drm_file *file,
+					      u32 *handle,
+					      u64 size)
 {
 	struct vkms_gem_object *obj;
 	int ret;
@@ -109,7 +109,6 @@ struct drm_gem_object *vkms_gem_create(struct drm_device *dev,
 		return ERR_CAST(obj);
 
 	ret = drm_gem_handle_create(file, &obj->gem, handle);
-	drm_gem_object_put_unlocked(&obj->gem);
 	if (ret)
 		return ERR_PTR(ret);
 
@@ -138,6 +137,8 @@ int vkms_dumb_create(struct drm_file *file, struct drm_device *dev,
 	args->size = gem_obj->size;
 	args->pitch = pitch;
 
+	drm_gem_object_put_unlocked(gem_obj);
+
 	DRM_DEBUG_DRIVER("Created object of size %lld\n", size);
 
 	return 0;