diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/vgem/vgem_drv.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/vgem/vgem_drv.c
index 0e5620f76ee0..ec6af8b920da 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/vgem/vgem_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/vgem/vgem_drv.c
@@ -504,7 +504,7 @@ static int __init vgem_init(void)
 static void __exit vgem_exit(void)
 {
 	drm_dev_unregister(&vgem_device->drm);
-	drm_dev_unref(&vgem_device->drm);
+	drm_dev_put(&vgem_device->drm);
 }
 
 module_init(vgem_init);