diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/qxl/qxl_release.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/qxl/qxl_release.c
index c52412724c2674..28013fd1f8eaa1 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/qxl/qxl_release.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/qxl/qxl_release.c
@@ -347,6 +347,7 @@ int qxl_alloc_release_reserved(struct qxl_device *qdev, unsigned long size,
 
 	mutex_lock(&qdev->release_mutex);
 	if (qdev->current_release_bo_offset[cur_idx] + 1 >= releases_per_bo[cur_idx]) {
+		qxl_bo_unpin(qdev->current_release_bo[cur_idx]);
 		qxl_bo_unref(&qdev->current_release_bo[cur_idx]);
 		qdev->current_release_bo_offset[cur_idx] = 0;
 		qdev->current_release_bo[cur_idx] = NULL;