diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_submit.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_submit.c
index dae761fa5788..32cb1e4aa425 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_submit.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_submit.c
@@ -65,8 +65,10 @@ static int virtio_gpu_dma_fence_wait(struct virtio_gpu_submit *submit,
 
 	dma_fence_unwrap_for_each(f, &itr, fence) {
 		err = virtio_gpu_do_fence_wait(submit, f);
-		if (err)
+		if (err) {
+			dma_fence_put(itr.chain);
 			return err;
+		}
 	}
 
 	return 0;