diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_object.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_object.c
index 21c19cdedce0490a8d0ce81f48c8f7cf4395d499..18f70ef6b4d01414ba0dda0385274b8e74b29451 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_object.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_object.c
@@ -236,6 +236,10 @@ int virtio_gpu_object_create(struct virtio_gpu_device *vgdev,
 
 	bo->dumb = params->dumb;
 
+	ret = virtio_gpu_object_shmem_init(vgdev, bo, &ents, &nents);
+	if (ret != 0)
+		goto err_put_id;
+
 	if (fence) {
 		ret = -ENOMEM;
 		objs = virtio_gpu_array_alloc(1);
@@ -248,15 +252,6 @@ int virtio_gpu_object_create(struct virtio_gpu_device *vgdev,
 			goto err_put_objs;
 	}
 
-	ret = virtio_gpu_object_shmem_init(vgdev, bo, &ents, &nents);
-	if (ret != 0) {
-		if (fence)
-			virtio_gpu_array_unlock_resv(objs);
-		virtio_gpu_array_put_free(objs);
-		virtio_gpu_free_object(&shmem_obj->base);
-		return ret;
-	}
-
 	if (params->blob) {
 		if (params->blob_mem == VIRTGPU_BLOB_MEM_GUEST)
 			bo->guest_blob = true;