diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_object.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_object.c
index e557fc1f17c8becfb3ddae209942326d05d5a884..7ecea83ce453cae868306b95b1600a01653a6de7 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_object.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_object.c
@@ -541,6 +541,7 @@ int amdgpu_bo_set_metadata (struct amdgpu_bo *bo, void *metadata,
 	if (!metadata_size) {
 		if (bo->metadata_size) {
 			kfree(bo->metadata);
+			bo->metadata = NULL;
 			bo->metadata_size = 0;
 		}
 		return 0;