diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/qxl/qxl_gem.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/qxl/qxl_gem.c
index b96f0c9d89b2..d9746e904ef1 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/qxl/qxl_gem.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/qxl/qxl_gem.c
@@ -31,9 +31,15 @@
 void qxl_gem_object_free(struct drm_gem_object *gobj)
 {
 	struct qxl_bo *qobj = gem_to_qxl_bo(gobj);
+	struct qxl_device *qdev;
+	struct ttm_buffer_object *tbo;
 
-	if (qobj)
-		qxl_bo_unref(&qobj);
+	qdev = (struct qxl_device *)gobj->dev->dev_private;
+
+	qxl_surface_evict(qdev, qobj, false);
+
+	tbo = &qobj->tbo;
+	ttm_bo_unref(&tbo);
 }
 
 int qxl_gem_object_create(struct qxl_device *qdev, int size,
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/qxl/qxl_object.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/qxl/qxl_object.c
index cdeaf08fdc74..6d6f33de48f4 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/qxl/qxl_object.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/qxl/qxl_object.c
@@ -208,19 +208,16 @@ void qxl_bo_kunmap_atomic_page(struct qxl_device *qdev,
 
 void qxl_bo_unref(struct qxl_bo **bo)
 {
-	struct ttm_buffer_object *tbo;
-
 	if ((*bo) == NULL)
 		return;
-	tbo = &((*bo)->tbo);
-	ttm_bo_unref(&tbo);
-	if (tbo == NULL)
-		*bo = NULL;
+
+	drm_gem_object_unreference_unlocked(&(*bo)->gem_base);
+	*bo = NULL;
 }
 
 struct qxl_bo *qxl_bo_ref(struct qxl_bo *bo)
 {
-	ttm_bo_reference(&bo->tbo);
+	drm_gem_object_reference(&bo->gem_base);
 	return bo;
 }