diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_stolen.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_stolen.c
index e20d64966c72..7f4c510a751b 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_stolen.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_stolen.c
@@ -392,8 +392,7 @@ i915_gem_object_create_stolen_for_preallocated(struct drm_device *dev,
 		ret = drm_mm_reserve_node(&ggtt->mm, &vma->node);
 		if (ret) {
 			DRM_DEBUG_KMS("failed to allocate stolen GTT space\n");
-			i915_gem_vma_destroy(vma);
-			goto err_out;
+			goto err_vma;
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -404,6 +403,8 @@ i915_gem_object_create_stolen_for_preallocated(struct drm_device *dev,
 
 	return obj;
 
+err_vma:
+	i915_gem_vma_destroy(vma);
 err_out:
 	drm_mm_put_block(stolen);
 	drm_gem_object_unreference(&obj->base);