diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gem.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gem.c
index 38b0c0e1f83e43daf24605d49638a71733e1058f..b2f49152b4d4c268ac47fc9634bb1c5d20dcf908 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gem.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gem.c
@@ -996,10 +996,8 @@ int msm_gem_new_handle(struct drm_device *dev, struct drm_file *file,
 
 static int msm_gem_new_impl(struct drm_device *dev,
 		uint32_t size, uint32_t flags,
-		struct drm_gem_object **obj,
-		bool struct_mutex_locked)
+		struct drm_gem_object **obj)
 {
-	struct msm_drm_private *priv = dev->dev_private;
 	struct msm_gem_object *msm_obj;
 
 	switch (flags & MSM_BO_CACHE_MASK) {
@@ -1025,15 +1023,6 @@ static int msm_gem_new_impl(struct drm_device *dev,
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&msm_obj->submit_entry);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&msm_obj->vmas);
 
-	if (struct_mutex_locked) {
-		WARN_ON(!mutex_is_locked(&dev->struct_mutex));
-		list_add_tail(&msm_obj->mm_list, &priv->inactive_list);
-	} else {
-		mutex_lock(&dev->struct_mutex);
-		list_add_tail(&msm_obj->mm_list, &priv->inactive_list);
-		mutex_unlock(&dev->struct_mutex);
-	}
-
 	*obj = &msm_obj->base;
 
 	return 0;
@@ -1043,6 +1032,7 @@ static struct drm_gem_object *_msm_gem_new(struct drm_device *dev,
 		uint32_t size, uint32_t flags, bool struct_mutex_locked)
 {
 	struct msm_drm_private *priv = dev->dev_private;
+	struct msm_gem_object *msm_obj;
 	struct drm_gem_object *obj = NULL;
 	bool use_vram = false;
 	int ret;
@@ -1063,14 +1053,15 @@ static struct drm_gem_object *_msm_gem_new(struct drm_device *dev,
 	if (size == 0)
 		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
 
-	ret = msm_gem_new_impl(dev, size, flags, &obj, struct_mutex_locked);
+	ret = msm_gem_new_impl(dev, size, flags, &obj);
 	if (ret)
 		goto fail;
 
+	msm_obj = to_msm_bo(obj);
+
 	if (use_vram) {
 		struct msm_gem_vma *vma;
 		struct page **pages;
-		struct msm_gem_object *msm_obj = to_msm_bo(obj);
 
 		mutex_lock(&msm_obj->lock);
 
@@ -1105,6 +1096,15 @@ static struct drm_gem_object *_msm_gem_new(struct drm_device *dev,
 		mapping_set_gfp_mask(obj->filp->f_mapping, GFP_HIGHUSER);
 	}
 
+	if (struct_mutex_locked) {
+		WARN_ON(!mutex_is_locked(&dev->struct_mutex));
+		list_add_tail(&msm_obj->mm_list, &priv->inactive_list);
+	} else {
+		mutex_lock(&dev->struct_mutex);
+		list_add_tail(&msm_obj->mm_list, &priv->inactive_list);
+		mutex_unlock(&dev->struct_mutex);
+	}
+
 	return obj;
 
 fail:
@@ -1127,6 +1127,7 @@ struct drm_gem_object *msm_gem_new(struct drm_device *dev,
 struct drm_gem_object *msm_gem_import(struct drm_device *dev,
 		struct dma_buf *dmabuf, struct sg_table *sgt)
 {
+	struct msm_drm_private *priv = dev->dev_private;
 	struct msm_gem_object *msm_obj;
 	struct drm_gem_object *obj;
 	uint32_t size;
@@ -1140,7 +1141,7 @@ struct drm_gem_object *msm_gem_import(struct drm_device *dev,
 
 	size = PAGE_ALIGN(dmabuf->size);
 
-	ret = msm_gem_new_impl(dev, size, MSM_BO_WC, &obj, false);
+	ret = msm_gem_new_impl(dev, size, MSM_BO_WC, &obj);
 	if (ret)
 		goto fail;
 
@@ -1165,6 +1166,11 @@ struct drm_gem_object *msm_gem_import(struct drm_device *dev,
 	}
 
 	mutex_unlock(&msm_obj->lock);
+
+	mutex_lock(&dev->struct_mutex);
+	list_add_tail(&msm_obj->mm_list, &priv->inactive_list);
+	mutex_unlock(&dev->struct_mutex);
+
 	return obj;
 
 fail: