diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_syncobj.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_syncobj.c
index cccd3bd194c68..15e74ca617608 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_syncobj.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_syncobj.c
@@ -798,58 +798,43 @@ static int drm_syncobj_array_wait(struct drm_device *dev,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-int
-drm_syncobj_wait_ioctl(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
-		       struct drm_file *file_private)
+static int drm_syncobj_array_find(struct drm_file *file_private,
+				  void *user_handles, uint32_t count_handles,
+				  struct drm_syncobj ***syncobjs_out)
 {
-	struct drm_syncobj_wait *args = data;
-	uint32_t *handles;
+	uint32_t i, *handles;
 	struct drm_syncobj **syncobjs;
-	int ret = 0;
-	uint32_t i;
-
-	if (!drm_core_check_feature(dev, DRIVER_SYNCOBJ))
-		return -ENODEV;
-
-	if (args->flags & ~(DRM_SYNCOBJ_WAIT_FLAGS_WAIT_ALL |
-			    DRM_SYNCOBJ_WAIT_FLAGS_WAIT_FOR_SUBMIT))
-		return -EINVAL;
-
-	if (args->count_handles == 0)
-		return -EINVAL;
+	int ret;
 
-	/* Get the handles from userspace */
-	handles = kmalloc_array(args->count_handles, sizeof(uint32_t),
-				GFP_KERNEL);
+	handles = kmalloc_array(count_handles, sizeof(*handles), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (handles == NULL)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	if (copy_from_user(handles,
-			   u64_to_user_ptr(args->handles),
-			   sizeof(uint32_t) * args->count_handles)) {
+	if (copy_from_user(handles, user_handles,
+			   sizeof(uint32_t) * count_handles)) {
 		ret = -EFAULT;
 		goto err_free_handles;
 	}
 
-	syncobjs = kcalloc(args->count_handles,
-			   sizeof(struct drm_syncobj *), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!syncobjs) {
+	syncobjs = kmalloc_array(count_handles, sizeof(*syncobjs), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (syncobjs == NULL) {
 		ret = -ENOMEM;
 		goto err_free_handles;
 	}
 
-	for (i = 0; i < args->count_handles; i++) {
+	for (i = 0; i < count_handles; i++) {
 		syncobjs[i] = drm_syncobj_find(file_private, handles[i]);
 		if (!syncobjs[i]) {
 			ret = -ENOENT;
-			goto err_free_fence_array;
+			goto err_put_syncobjs;
 		}
 	}
 
-	ret = drm_syncobj_array_wait(dev, file_private,
-				     args, syncobjs);
+	kfree(handles);
+	*syncobjs_out = syncobjs;
+	return 0;
 
-err_free_fence_array:
+err_put_syncobjs:
 	while (i-- > 0)
 		drm_syncobj_put(syncobjs[i]);
 	kfree(syncobjs);
@@ -858,3 +843,45 @@ drm_syncobj_wait_ioctl(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
 
 	return ret;
 }
+
+static void drm_syncobj_array_free(struct drm_syncobj **syncobjs,
+				   uint32_t count)
+{
+	uint32_t i;
+	for (i = 0; i < count; i++)
+		drm_syncobj_put(syncobjs[i]);
+	kfree(syncobjs);
+}
+
+int
+drm_syncobj_wait_ioctl(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
+		       struct drm_file *file_private)
+{
+	struct drm_syncobj_wait *args = data;
+	struct drm_syncobj **syncobjs;
+	int ret = 0;
+
+	if (!drm_core_check_feature(dev, DRIVER_SYNCOBJ))
+		return -ENODEV;
+
+	if (args->flags & ~(DRM_SYNCOBJ_WAIT_FLAGS_WAIT_ALL |
+			    DRM_SYNCOBJ_WAIT_FLAGS_WAIT_FOR_SUBMIT))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	if (args->count_handles == 0)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	ret = drm_syncobj_array_find(file_private,
+				     u64_to_user_ptr(args->handles),
+				     args->count_handles,
+				     &syncobjs);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		return ret;
+
+	ret = drm_syncobj_array_wait(dev, file_private,
+				     args, syncobjs);
+
+	drm_syncobj_array_free(syncobjs, args->count_handles);
+
+	return ret;
+}