diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/vc4/vc4_gem.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/vc4/vc4_gem.c
index d0c6bfb68c4ee9..e554cbf18a55c3 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/vc4/vc4_gem.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/vc4/vc4_gem.c
@@ -829,8 +829,10 @@ vc4_complete_exec(struct drm_device *dev, struct vc4_exec_info *exec)
 	/* If we got force-completed because of GPU reset rather than
 	 * through our IRQ handler, signal the fence now.
 	 */
-	if (exec->fence)
+	if (exec->fence) {
 		dma_fence_signal(exec->fence);
+		dma_fence_put(exec->fence);
+	}
 
 	if (exec->bo) {
 		for (i = 0; i < exec->bo_count; i++)
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/vc4/vc4_irq.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/vc4/vc4_irq.c
index 7d7af3a93d941b..fc1fc43a924dcc 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/vc4/vc4_irq.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/vc4/vc4_irq.c
@@ -139,6 +139,7 @@ vc4_irq_finish_render_job(struct drm_device *dev)
 	list_move_tail(&exec->head, &vc4->job_done_list);
 	if (exec->fence) {
 		dma_fence_signal_locked(exec->fence);
+		dma_fence_put(exec->fence);
 		exec->fence = NULL;
 	}
 	vc4_submit_next_render_job(dev);