diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic_helper.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic_helper.c
index 593b30d38ce0..e71233b4c651 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic_helper.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic_helper.c
@@ -3435,6 +3435,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_atomic_helper_crtc_duplicate_state);
 void __drm_atomic_helper_crtc_destroy_state(struct drm_crtc_state *state)
 {
 	if (state->commit) {
+		if (state->event)
+			drm_crtc_commit_put(state->commit);
 		kfree(state->commit->event);
 		state->commit->event = NULL;
 		drm_crtc_commit_put(state->commit);