diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index e1d27dd4c316..aa09e0bb904c 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 887cd78804fb4179211d221c023455c33f13206a
+refs/heads/master: 5086f69eb960ff5984a2fdac9d238c76edfe57bc
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_gem.c b/trunk/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_gem.c
index 30f542316944..34d0bc596213 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_gem.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_gem.c
@@ -342,6 +342,7 @@ validate_init(struct nouveau_channel *chan, struct drm_file *file_priv,
 		if (nvbo->reserved_by && nvbo->reserved_by == file_priv) {
 			NV_ERROR(dev, "multiple instances of buffer %d on "
 				      "validation list\n", b->handle);
+			drm_gem_object_unreference_unlocked(gem);
 			validate_fini(op, NULL);
 			return -EINVAL;
 		}