diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/qxl/qxl_release.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/qxl/qxl_release.c
index b66ec331c17cd51f1b81022ebd29d18944258b43..4efa8e261baf59546ca24eb39920bc4159358ab7 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/qxl/qxl_release.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/qxl/qxl_release.c
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ int qxl_alloc_surface_release_reserved(struct qxl_device *qdev,
 		idr_ret = qxl_release_alloc(qdev, QXL_RELEASE_SURFACE_CMD, release);
 		if (idr_ret < 0)
 			return idr_ret;
-		bo = qxl_bo_ref(to_qxl_bo(entry->tv.bo));
+		bo = to_qxl_bo(entry->tv.bo);
 
 		(*release)->release_offset = create_rel->release_offset + 64;
 
@@ -316,8 +316,6 @@ int qxl_alloc_surface_release_reserved(struct qxl_device *qdev,
 		info = qxl_release_map(qdev, *release);
 		info->id = idr_ret;
 		qxl_release_unmap(qdev, *release, info);
-
-		qxl_bo_unref(&bo);
 		return 0;
 	}