diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic_uapi.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic_uapi.c
index 85dbdaa4a2e2..d3f23b640d34 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic_uapi.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic_uapi.c
@@ -1348,6 +1348,9 @@ static void complete_signaling(struct drm_device *dev,
 		if (event && (event->base.fence || event->base.file_priv)) {
 			drm_event_cancel_free(dev, &event->base);
 			crtc_state->event = NULL;
+		} else if (event) {
+			kfree(event);
+			crtc_state->event = NULL;
 		}
 	}