diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_kms.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_kms.c
index aacc9307ab0bb59adaa0e1f0be884ff14d4996aa..96fd7a03d2f8beac5301040adb64274422ca037b 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_kms.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_kms.c
@@ -2595,6 +2595,7 @@ void vmw_kms_helper_resource_finish(struct vmw_validation_ctx *ctx,
 		vmw_kms_helper_buffer_finish(res->dev_priv, NULL, ctx->buf,
 					     out_fence, NULL);
 
+	vmw_dmabuf_unreference(&ctx->buf);
 	vmw_resource_unreserve(res, false, NULL, 0);
 	mutex_unlock(&res->dev_priv->cmdbuf_mutex);
 }