diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/gtt.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/gtt.c
index d7052ab7908c8d9c7872df64cb5cd68ec8f13b4e..cf133ef038735d64e6655b78c087992f5f1d1984 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/gtt.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/gtt.c
@@ -1946,7 +1946,7 @@ void _intel_vgpu_mm_release(struct kref *mm_ref)
  */
 void intel_vgpu_unpin_mm(struct intel_vgpu_mm *mm)
 {
-	atomic_dec(&mm->pincount);
+	atomic_dec_if_positive(&mm->pincount);
 }
 
 /**