diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/qxl/qxl_cmd.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/qxl/qxl_cmd.c
index 208af9f37914..a043591a0aa1 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/qxl/qxl_cmd.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/qxl/qxl_cmd.c
@@ -472,9 +472,10 @@ int qxl_hw_surface_alloc(struct qxl_device *qdev,
 		return ret;
 
 	ret = qxl_release_reserve_list(release, true);
-	if (ret)
+	if (ret) {
+		qxl_release_free(qdev, release);
 		return ret;
-
+	}
 	cmd = (struct qxl_surface_cmd *)qxl_release_map(qdev, release);
 	cmd->type = QXL_SURFACE_CMD_CREATE;
 	cmd->flags = QXL_SURF_FLAG_KEEP_DATA;