diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_tiling.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_tiling.c
index fa1685cba8402fdbd456be37f627bd21c170cca4..7fb4191ef934c2b9a9549a36737e075d6ee3fca7 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_tiling.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_tiling.c
@@ -299,9 +299,8 @@ i915_gem_set_tiling(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
 	}
 	obj_priv->stride = args->stride;
 
-	mutex_unlock(&dev->struct_mutex);
-
 	drm_gem_object_unreference(obj);
+	mutex_unlock(&dev->struct_mutex);
 
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -340,9 +339,8 @@ i915_gem_get_tiling(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
 		DRM_ERROR("unknown tiling mode\n");
 	}
 
-	mutex_unlock(&dev->struct_mutex);
-
 	drm_gem_object_unreference(obj);
+	mutex_unlock(&dev->struct_mutex);
 
 	return 0;
 }