diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/qxl/qxl_gem.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/qxl/qxl_gem.c
index f5c1e7872e92..89606c819d82 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/qxl/qxl_gem.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/qxl/qxl_gem.c
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ void qxl_gem_object_free(struct drm_gem_object *gobj)
 	qxl_surface_evict(qdev, qobj, false);
 
 	tbo = &qobj->tbo;
-	ttm_bo_unref(&tbo);
+	ttm_bo_put(tbo);
 }
 
 int qxl_gem_object_create(struct qxl_device *qdev, int size,