diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gem.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gem.c
index d8d60c969ac7858bce0e6114f092a5f1aad450aa..3da8264d3039017bd358ccaca48197356f932f68 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gem.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gem.c
@@ -644,7 +644,7 @@ struct drm_gem_object *msm_gem_new(struct drm_device *dev,
 
 fail:
 	if (obj)
-		drm_gem_object_unreference_unlocked(obj);
+		drm_gem_object_unreference(obj);
 
 	return ERR_PTR(ret);
 }