obj->filp = NULL;
 
        kref_init(&obj->refcount);
-       atomic_set(&obj->handle_count, 0);
+       obj->handle_count = 0;
        obj->size = size;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_gem_private_object_init);
        struct drm_device *dev = obj->dev;
 
        /* Remove any name for this object */
-       spin_lock(&dev->object_name_lock);
        if (obj->name) {
                idr_remove(&dev->object_name_idr, obj->name);
                obj->name = 0;
-               spin_unlock(&dev->object_name_lock);
                /*
                 * The object name held a reference to this object, drop
                 * that now.
                * This cannot be the last reference, since the handle holds one too.
                 */
                kref_put(&obj->refcount, drm_gem_object_ref_bug);
-       } else
-               spin_unlock(&dev->object_name_lock);
-
+       }
 }
 
 void
 drm_gem_object_handle_unreference_unlocked(struct drm_gem_object *obj)
 {
-       if (WARN_ON(atomic_read(&obj->handle_count) == 0))
+       if (WARN_ON(obj->handle_count == 0))
                return;
 
        /*
        * checked for a name
        */
 
-       if (atomic_dec_and_test(&obj->handle_count))
+       spin_lock(&obj->dev->object_name_lock);
+       if (--obj->handle_count == 0)
                drm_gem_object_handle_free(obj);
+       spin_unlock(&obj->dev->object_name_lock);
+
        drm_gem_object_unreference_unlocked(obj);
 }
 
         * allocation under our spinlock.
         */
        idr_preload(GFP_KERNEL);
+       spin_lock(&dev->object_name_lock);
        spin_lock(&file_priv->table_lock);
 
        ret = idr_alloc(&file_priv->object_idr, obj, 1, 0, GFP_NOWAIT);
-
+       drm_gem_object_reference(obj);
+       obj->handle_count++;
        spin_unlock(&file_priv->table_lock);
+       spin_unlock(&dev->object_name_lock);
        idr_preload_end();
-       if (ret < 0)
+       if (ret < 0) {
+               drm_gem_object_handle_unreference_unlocked(obj);
                return ret;
+       }
        *handlep = ret;
 
-       drm_gem_object_handle_reference(obj);
 
        if (dev->driver->gem_open_object) {
                ret = dev->driver->gem_open_object(obj, file_priv);
 
        idr_preload(GFP_KERNEL);
        spin_lock(&dev->object_name_lock);
+       /* prevent races with concurrent gem_close. */
+       if (obj->handle_count == 0) {
+               ret = -ENOENT;
+               goto err;
+       }
+
        if (!obj->name) {
                ret = idr_alloc(&dev->object_name_idr, obj, 1, 0, GFP_NOWAIT);
                if (ret < 0)
 
        /** Reference count of this object */
        struct kref refcount;
 
-       /** Handle count of this object. Each handle also holds a reference */
-       atomic_t handle_count; /* number of handles on this object */
+       /**
+        * handle_count - gem file_priv handle count of this object
+        *
+        * Each handle also holds a reference. Note that when the handle_count
+        * drops to 0 any global names (e.g. the id in the flink namespace) will
+        * be cleared.
+        *
+        * Protected by dev->object_name_lock.
+        * */
+       unsigned handle_count;
 
        /** Related drm device */
        struct drm_device *dev;
                          u32 *handlep);
 int drm_gem_handle_delete(struct drm_file *filp, u32 handle);
 
-static inline void
-drm_gem_object_handle_reference(struct drm_gem_object *obj)
-{
-       drm_gem_object_reference(obj);
-       atomic_inc(&obj->handle_count);
-}
-
 void drm_gem_object_handle_unreference_unlocked(struct drm_gem_object *obj);
 
 void drm_gem_free_mmap_offset(struct drm_gem_object *obj);