diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/vgem/vgem_drv.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/vgem/vgem_drv.c
index 4709f08f39e490d2b755b4a6b5bf5dc072635734..02f5188379784ad32e0a348bccbc074e9ab8d29e 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/vgem/vgem_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/vgem/vgem_drv.c
@@ -189,9 +189,10 @@ static struct drm_gem_object *vgem_gem_create(struct drm_device *dev,
 		return ERR_CAST(obj);
 
 	ret = drm_gem_handle_create(file, &obj->base, handle);
-	drm_gem_object_put_unlocked(&obj->base);
-	if (ret)
+	if (ret) {
+		drm_gem_object_put_unlocked(&obj->base);
 		return ERR_PTR(ret);
+	}
 
 	return &obj->base;
 }
@@ -214,7 +215,9 @@ static int vgem_gem_dumb_create(struct drm_file *file, struct drm_device *dev,
 	args->size = gem_object->size;
 	args->pitch = pitch;
 
-	DRM_DEBUG_DRIVER("Created object of size %lld\n", size);
+	drm_gem_object_put_unlocked(gem_object);
+
+	DRM_DEBUG_DRIVER("Created object of size %llu\n", args->size);
 
 	return 0;
 }