diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_drv.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_drv.h
index 59182975ce16c4684e0656c7503110af2fefd2ec..61767f9589f4ed9024d2e0849374ef56b2278191 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_drv.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_drv.h
@@ -383,9 +383,8 @@ static inline void virtio_gpu_object_unref(struct virtio_gpu_object **bo)
 	if ((*bo) == NULL)
 		return;
 	tbo = &((*bo)->tbo);
-	ttm_bo_unref(&tbo);
-	if (tbo == NULL)
-		*bo = NULL;
+	ttm_bo_put(tbo);
+	*bo = NULL;
 }
 
 static inline u64 virtio_gpu_object_mmap_offset(struct virtio_gpu_object *bo)