diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/imagination/pvr_job.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/imagination/pvr_job.c
index 78c2f3c6dce0..6a15c1d2d871 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/imagination/pvr_job.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/imagination/pvr_job.c
@@ -684,6 +684,13 @@ pvr_jobs_link_geom_frag(struct pvr_job_data *job_data, u32 *job_count)
 		geom_job->paired_job = frag_job;
 		frag_job->paired_job = geom_job;
 
+		/* The geometry job pvr_job structure is used when the fragment
+		 * job is being prepared by the GPU scheduler. Have the fragment
+		 * job hold a reference on the geometry job to prevent it being
+		 * freed until the fragment job has finished with it.
+		 */
+		pvr_job_get(geom_job);
+
 		/* Skip the fragment job we just paired to the geometry job. */
 		i++;
 	}
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/imagination/pvr_queue.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/imagination/pvr_queue.c
index 87780cc7c0c3..130473cfdfc9 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/imagination/pvr_queue.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/imagination/pvr_queue.c
@@ -866,6 +866,10 @@ static void pvr_queue_free_job(struct drm_sched_job *sched_job)
 	struct pvr_job *job = container_of(sched_job, struct pvr_job, base);
 
 	drm_sched_job_cleanup(sched_job);
+
+	if (job->type == DRM_PVR_JOB_TYPE_FRAGMENT && job->paired_job)
+		pvr_job_put(job->paired_job);
+
 	job->paired_job = NULL;
 	pvr_job_put(job);
 }