diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_vma.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_vma.c
index fc14ebf9a0b70..2d60fd1f36372 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_vma.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_vma.c
@@ -198,6 +198,7 @@ vma_create(struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj,
 		cmp = i915_vma_compare(pos, vm, view);
 		if (cmp == 0) {
 			spin_unlock(&obj->vma.lock);
+			i915_vm_put(vm);
 			i915_vma_free(vma);
 			return pos;
 		}