diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/etnaviv/etnaviv_gem.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/etnaviv/etnaviv_gem.c
index 5a634594a6ce..57881167ccd2 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/etnaviv/etnaviv_gem.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/etnaviv/etnaviv_gem.c
@@ -551,12 +551,15 @@ static const struct etnaviv_gem_ops etnaviv_gem_shmem_ops = {
 void etnaviv_gem_free_object(struct drm_gem_object *obj)
 {
 	struct etnaviv_gem_object *etnaviv_obj = to_etnaviv_bo(obj);
+	struct etnaviv_drm_private *priv = obj->dev->dev_private;
 	struct etnaviv_vram_mapping *mapping, *tmp;
 
 	/* object should not be active */
 	WARN_ON(is_active(etnaviv_obj));
 
+	mutex_lock(&priv->gem_lock);
 	list_del(&etnaviv_obj->gem_node);
+	mutex_unlock(&priv->gem_lock);
 
 	list_for_each_entry_safe(mapping, tmp, &etnaviv_obj->vram_list,
 				 obj_node) {
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/etnaviv/etnaviv_gem_submit.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/etnaviv/etnaviv_gem_submit.c
index 026ef4e02f85..46dfe0737f43 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/etnaviv/etnaviv_gem_submit.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/etnaviv/etnaviv_gem_submit.c
@@ -445,8 +445,10 @@ int etnaviv_ioctl_gem_submit(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
 	cmdbuf->user_size = ALIGN(args->stream_size, 8);
 
 	ret = etnaviv_gpu_submit(gpu, submit, cmdbuf);
-	if (ret == 0)
-		cmdbuf = NULL;
+	if (ret)
+		goto out;
+
+	cmdbuf = NULL;
 
 	if (args->flags & ETNA_SUBMIT_FENCE_FD_OUT) {
 		/*