diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/qxl/qxl_fb.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/qxl/qxl_fb.c
index 7136e521e6dba7e3bc7f9671a580ab218d138e7a..bb7ce07b788b78d40d1b3f1a03b024ad7c1d995e 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/qxl/qxl_fb.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/qxl/qxl_fb.c
@@ -443,11 +443,11 @@ static int qxlfb_create(struct qxl_fbdev *qfbdev,
 		}
 	}
 	if (fb && ret) {
-		drm_gem_object_unreference(gobj);
+		drm_gem_object_unreference_unlocked(gobj);
 		drm_framebuffer_cleanup(fb);
 		kfree(fb);
 	}
-	drm_gem_object_unreference(gobj);
+	drm_gem_object_unreference_unlocked(gobj);
 	return ret;
 }