diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_gem.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_gem.c
index b8db675e7fb5..59a0bb5ebd85 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_gem.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_gem.c
@@ -169,6 +169,20 @@ void drm_gem_private_object_init(struct drm_device *dev,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_gem_private_object_init);
 
+/**
+ * drm_gem_private_object_fini - Finalize a failed drm_gem_object
+ * @obj: drm_gem_object
+ *
+ * Uninitialize an already allocated GEM object when it initialized failed
+ */
+void drm_gem_private_object_fini(struct drm_gem_object *obj)
+{
+	WARN_ON(obj->dma_buf);
+
+	dma_resv_fini(&obj->_resv);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_gem_private_object_fini);
+
 /**
  * drm_gem_object_handle_free - release resources bound to userspace handles
  * @obj: GEM object to clean up.
@@ -930,12 +944,11 @@ drm_gem_release(struct drm_device *dev, struct drm_file *file_private)
 void
 drm_gem_object_release(struct drm_gem_object *obj)
 {
-	WARN_ON(obj->dma_buf);
-
 	if (obj->filp)
 		fput(obj->filp);
 
-	dma_resv_fini(&obj->_resv);
+	drm_gem_private_object_fini(obj);
+
 	drm_gem_free_mmap_offset(obj);
 	drm_gem_lru_remove(obj);
 }
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_gem_shmem_helper.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_gem_shmem_helper.c
index b602cd72a120..f21f47737817 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_gem_shmem_helper.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_gem_shmem_helper.c
@@ -79,8 +79,10 @@ __drm_gem_shmem_create(struct drm_device *dev, size_t size, bool private)
 	} else {
 		ret = drm_gem_object_init(dev, obj, size);
 	}
-	if (ret)
+	if (ret) {
+		drm_gem_private_object_fini(obj);
 		goto err_free;
+	}
 
 	ret = drm_gem_create_mmap_offset(obj);
 	if (ret)
diff --git a/include/drm/drm_gem.h b/include/drm/drm_gem.h
index a17c2f903f81..772a4adf5287 100644
--- a/include/drm/drm_gem.h
+++ b/include/drm/drm_gem.h
@@ -405,6 +405,7 @@ int drm_gem_object_init(struct drm_device *dev,
 			struct drm_gem_object *obj, size_t size);
 void drm_gem_private_object_init(struct drm_device *dev,
 				 struct drm_gem_object *obj, size_t size);
+void drm_gem_private_object_fini(struct drm_gem_object *obj);
 void drm_gem_vm_open(struct vm_area_struct *vma);
 void drm_gem_vm_close(struct vm_area_struct *vma);
 int drm_gem_mmap_obj(struct drm_gem_object *obj, unsigned long obj_size,