diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/qxl/qxl_display.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/qxl/qxl_display.c
index 38d6b596094d2c..60331e31861aa0 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/qxl/qxl_display.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/qxl/qxl_display.c
@@ -1229,5 +1229,9 @@ int qxl_modeset_init(struct qxl_device *qdev)
 
 void qxl_modeset_fini(struct qxl_device *qdev)
 {
+	if (qdev->dumb_shadow_bo) {
+		drm_gem_object_put(&qdev->dumb_shadow_bo->tbo.base);
+		qdev->dumb_shadow_bo = NULL;
+	}
 	qxl_destroy_monitors_object(qdev);
 }