diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_fb.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_fb.c
index 0f4946a6057e..3e18c9e7729b 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_fb.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_fb.c
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ int intel_fbdev_destroy(struct drm_device *dev,
 
 	drm_framebuffer_cleanup(&ifb->base);
 	if (ifb->obj)
-		drm_gem_object_unreference_unlocked(ifb->obj);
+		drm_gem_object_unreference(ifb->obj);
 
 	return 0;
 }