diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_kfd.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_kfd.c
index 12c43df3d47d38b9ede1c02f0dbc824d011f45de..a55afbadc65fb1f12f5dc75a99fb910d0590ae4d 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_kfd.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_kfd.c
@@ -568,6 +568,7 @@ static int kgd_hqd_destroy(struct kgd_dev *kgd, uint32_t reset_type,
 		if (timeout == 0) {
 			pr_err("kfd: cp queue preemption time out (%dms)\n",
 				temp);
+			release_queue(kgd);
 			return -ETIME;
 		}
 		msleep(20);