diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_prime.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_prime.c
index 825499ea3ff59550d077c1aa406fcc67652cd969..c806cf4c9a4853e83d8fd85b21644b89b63f3e1e 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_prime.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_prime.c
@@ -724,11 +724,14 @@ int drm_gem_prime_mmap(struct drm_gem_object *obj, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 	vma->vm_pgoff += drm_vma_node_start(&obj->vma_node);
 
 	if (obj->funcs && obj->funcs->mmap) {
+
+		drm_gem_object_get(obj);
 		ret = obj->funcs->mmap(obj, vma);
-		if (ret)
+		if (ret) {
+			drm_gem_object_put(obj);
 			return ret;
+		}
 		vma->vm_private_data = obj;
-		drm_gem_object_get(obj);
 		return 0;
 	}