GEM_BUG_ON(drm_mm_node_allocated(&vma->node));
 }
 
-static void release_references(struct i915_vma *vma, bool vm_ddestroy)
+static void release_references(struct i915_vma *vma, struct intel_gt *gt,
+                              bool vm_ddestroy)
 {
        struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj = vma->obj;
-       struct intel_gt *gt = vma->vm->gt;
 
        GEM_BUG_ON(i915_vma_is_active(vma));
 
 
        force_unbind(vma);
        list_del_init(&vma->vm_link);
-       release_references(vma, false);
+       release_references(vma, vma->vm->gt, false);
 }
 
 void i915_vma_destroy(struct i915_vma *vma)
 {
+       struct intel_gt *gt;
        bool vm_ddestroy;
 
        mutex_lock(&vma->vm->mutex);
        list_del_init(&vma->vm_link);
        vm_ddestroy = vma->vm_ddestroy;
        vma->vm_ddestroy = false;
+
+       /* vma->vm may be freed when releasing vma->vm->mutex. */
+       gt = vma->vm->gt;
        mutex_unlock(&vma->vm->mutex);
-       release_references(vma, vm_ddestroy);
+       release_references(vma, gt, vm_ddestroy);
 }
 
 void i915_vma_parked(struct intel_gt *gt)