diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gpu.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gpu.c
index 48ac51f4119b..03c057856065 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gpu.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gpu.c
@@ -505,6 +505,8 @@ static void recover_worker(struct kthread_work *work)
 		 */
 		if (!vm->managed)
 			msm_gem_vm_unusable(submit->vm);
+
+		put_task_struct(task);
 	}
 
 	noreclaim_flag = memalloc_noreclaim_save();