diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fbdev_shmem.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fbdev_shmem.c
index a85a8a8e2eb8..0c785007f11b 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fbdev_shmem.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fbdev_shmem.c
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ static void drm_fbdev_shmem_fb_destroy(struct fb_info *info)
 	if (!fb_helper->dev)
 		return;
 
+	fb_deferred_io_cleanup(info);
 	drm_fb_helper_fini(fb_helper);
 
 	drm_client_buffer_vunmap(fb_helper->buffer);