diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_object.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_object.c
index 1a9d4f547024f7bb5e4e8829dcb9aaabd7b30f0c..ba2fd295697fea1ce35aef2dc8965635e6b36a31 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_object.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_object.c
@@ -320,9 +320,8 @@ void radeon_bo_unref(struct radeon_bo **bo)
 		return;
 	rdev = (*bo)->rdev;
 	tbo = &((*bo)->tbo);
-	ttm_bo_unref(&tbo);
-	if (tbo == NULL)
-		*bo = NULL;
+	ttm_bo_put(tbo);
+	*bo = NULL;
 }
 
 int radeon_bo_pin_restricted(struct radeon_bo *bo, u32 domain, u64 max_offset,