diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic_uapi.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic_uapi.c
index 657c15474ed5..ae7667d1072d 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic_uapi.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic_uapi.c
@@ -1560,6 +1560,8 @@ static void complete_signaling(struct drm_device *dev,
 		 * to prevent a double free in drm_atomic_commit_clear.
 		 */
 		if (event && (event->base.fence || event->base.file_priv)) {
+			if (crtc_state->commit && crtc_state->commit->abort_completion)
+				drm_crtc_commit_put(crtc_state->commit);
 			drm_event_cancel_free(dev, &event->base);
 			crtc_state->event = NULL;
 		}