diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_validation.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_validation.c
index aaacbdcbd742..a4a11e725d18 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_validation.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_validation.c
@@ -326,8 +326,10 @@ int vmw_validation_add_resource(struct vmw_validation_context *ctx,
 		hash_add_rcu(ctx->sw_context->res_ht, &node->hash.head, node->hash.key);
 	}
 	node->res = vmw_resource_reference_unless_doomed(res);
-	if (!node->res)
+	if (!node->res) {
+		hash_del_rcu(&node->hash.head);
 		return -ESRCH;
+	}
 
 	node->first_usage = 1;
 	if (!res->dev_priv->has_mob) {