diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_sched.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_sched.c
index 67f778f6eedb..8ef9e4415fcc 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_sched.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_sched.c
@@ -64,7 +64,6 @@ static struct fence *amdgpu_sched_run_job(struct amd_sched_job *sched_job)
 		job->free_job(job);
 
 	mutex_unlock(&job->job_lock);
-	fence_put(&job->base.s_fence->base);
 	kfree(job);
 	return fence ? &fence->base : NULL;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/scheduler/gpu_scheduler.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/scheduler/gpu_scheduler.c
index b8925fea577c..ccb7c1554f5e 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/scheduler/gpu_scheduler.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/scheduler/gpu_scheduler.c
@@ -285,7 +285,6 @@ int amd_sched_entity_push_job(struct amd_sched_job *sched_job)
 	if (!fence)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	fence_get(&fence->base);
 	sched_job->s_fence = fence;
 
 	wait_event(entity->sched->job_scheduled,