diff --git a/drivers/dma-buf/dma-resv.c b/drivers/dma-buf/dma-resv.c
index 0cce6e4ec9462c3305d6b55476705658a0dcfe97..205acb2c744ded50d42d2138f288cdce9ef97967 100644
--- a/drivers/dma-buf/dma-resv.c
+++ b/drivers/dma-buf/dma-resv.c
@@ -343,7 +343,7 @@ void dma_resv_replace_fences(struct dma_resv *obj, uint64_t context,
 		if (old->context != context)
 			continue;
 
-		dma_resv_list_set(list, i, replacement, usage);
+		dma_resv_list_set(list, i, dma_fence_get(replacement), usage);
 		dma_fence_put(old);
 	}
 }