diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/qxl/qxl_ttm.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/qxl/qxl_ttm.c
index 29c02e0e857f1..d52c27527b9a6 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/qxl/qxl_ttm.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/qxl/qxl_ttm.c
@@ -433,6 +433,7 @@ static int qxl_sync_obj_flush(void *sync_obj)
 
 static void qxl_sync_obj_unref(void **sync_obj)
 {
+	*sync_obj = NULL;
 }
 
 static void *qxl_sync_obj_ref(void *sync_obj)