diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gem.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gem.c
index 819567e40565..9c05bf6c4551 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gem.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gem.c
@@ -849,6 +849,7 @@ void msm_gem_describe(struct drm_gem_object *obj, struct seq_file *m)
 					get_pid_task(aspace->pid, PIDTYPE_PID);
 				if (task) {
 					comm = kstrdup(task->comm, GFP_KERNEL);
+					put_task_struct(task);
 				} else {
 					comm = NULL;
 				}