diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_ioctl.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_ioctl.c
index 5df722072ba0..19c5bc01eb79 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_ioctl.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_ioctl.c
@@ -179,6 +179,7 @@ static int virtio_gpu_execbuffer_ioctl(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
 
 	virtio_gpu_cmd_submit(vgdev, buf, exbuf->size,
 			      vfpriv->ctx_id, buflist, out_fence);
+	dma_fence_put(&out_fence->f);
 	virtio_gpu_notify(vgdev);
 	return 0;