if (!gem)
                return NULL;
 
-       drm_gem_object_put_unlocked(gem);
-
        bo = to_tegra_bo(gem);
        return &bo->base;
 }
                (void __user *)(uintptr_t)args->waitchks;
        struct drm_tegra_syncpt syncpt;
        struct host1x *host1x = dev_get_drvdata(drm->dev->parent);
+       struct drm_gem_object **refs;
        struct host1x_syncpt *sp;
        struct host1x_job *job;
+       unsigned int num_refs;
        int err;
 
        /* We don't yet support other than one syncpt_incr struct per submit */
        job->class = context->client->base.class;
        job->serialize = true;
 
+       /*
+        * Track referenced BOs so that they can be unreferenced after the
+        * submission is complete.
+        */
+       num_refs = num_cmdbufs + num_relocs * 2 + num_waitchks;
+
+       refs = kmalloc_array(num_refs, sizeof(*refs), GFP_KERNEL);
+       if (!refs) {
+               err = -ENOMEM;
+               goto put;
+       }
+
+       /* reuse as an iterator later */
+       num_refs = 0;
+
        while (num_cmdbufs) {
                struct drm_tegra_cmdbuf cmdbuf;
                struct host1x_bo *bo;
 
                offset = (u64)cmdbuf.offset + (u64)cmdbuf.words * sizeof(u32);
                obj = host1x_to_tegra_bo(bo);
+               refs[num_refs++] = &obj->gem;
 
                /*
                 * Gather buffer base address must be 4-bytes aligned,
 
                reloc = &job->relocarray[num_relocs];
                obj = host1x_to_tegra_bo(reloc->cmdbuf.bo);
+               refs[num_refs++] = &obj->gem;
 
                /*
                 * The unaligned cmdbuf offset will cause an unaligned write
                }
 
                obj = host1x_to_tegra_bo(reloc->target.bo);
+               refs[num_refs++] = &obj->gem;
 
                if (reloc->target.offset >= obj->gem.size) {
                        err = -EINVAL;
                        goto fail;
 
                obj = host1x_to_tegra_bo(wait->bo);
+               refs[num_refs++] = &obj->gem;
 
                /*
                 * The unaligned offset will cause an unaligned write during
                goto fail;
 
        err = host1x_job_submit(job);
-       if (err)
-               goto fail_submit;
+       if (err) {
+               host1x_job_unpin(job);
+               goto fail;
+       }
 
        args->fence = job->syncpt_end;
 
-       host1x_job_put(job);
-       return 0;
-
-fail_submit:
-       host1x_job_unpin(job);
 fail:
+       while (num_refs--)
+               drm_gem_object_put_unlocked(refs[num_refs]);
+
+       kfree(refs);
+
+put:
        host1x_job_put(job);
        return err;
 }