diff --git a/drivers/dma-buf/reservation.c b/drivers/dma-buf/reservation.c
index 4d32e2c67862..4447e13d1e89 100644
--- a/drivers/dma-buf/reservation.c
+++ b/drivers/dma-buf/reservation.c
@@ -365,6 +365,10 @@ int reservation_object_get_fences_rcu(struct reservation_object *obj,
 					   GFP_NOWAIT | __GFP_NOWARN);
 			if (!nshared) {
 				rcu_read_unlock();
+
+				dma_fence_put(fence_excl);
+				fence_excl = NULL;
+
 				nshared = krealloc(shared, sz, GFP_KERNEL);
 				if (nshared) {
 					shared = nshared;