diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
index eeb768818136..4efd4fd3b340 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
@@ -128,8 +128,7 @@ i915_gem_create_ioctl(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	ret = drm_gem_handle_create(file_priv, obj, &handle);
-	drm_gem_object_handle_unreference_unlocked(obj);
-
+	drm_gem_object_unreference_unlocked(obj);
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;