diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_object.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_object.c
index 3d0c8d4d1c20c857d29f3085577e522f42c49d48..21c19cdedce0490a8d0ce81f48c8f7cf4395d499 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_object.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_object.c
@@ -250,6 +250,8 @@ int virtio_gpu_object_create(struct virtio_gpu_device *vgdev,
 
 	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;