diff --git a/drivers/video/tegra/host/nvdla/nvdla.h b/drivers/video/tegra/host/nvdla/nvdla.h
index 32e327ae..ff50e6ed 100644
--- a/drivers/video/tegra/host/nvdla/nvdla.h
+++ b/drivers/video/tegra/host/nvdla/nvdla.h
@@ -394,5 +394,6 @@ int nvdla_free_gcov_region(struct platform_device *pdev, bool update_region);
 
 int nvdla_emulator_submit(struct nvhost_queue *queue,
 				struct nvdla_emu_task *task);
+void task_free(struct kref *ref);
 
 #endif /* End of __NVHOST_NVDLA_H__ */
diff --git a/drivers/video/tegra/host/nvdla/nvdla_ioctl.c b/drivers/video/tegra/host/nvdla/nvdla_ioctl.c
index a2e0996e..38e2cc07 100644
--- a/drivers/video/tegra/host/nvdla/nvdla_ioctl.c
+++ b/drivers/video/tegra/host/nvdla/nvdla_ioctl.c
@@ -816,6 +816,7 @@ static int nvdla_submit(struct nvdla_private *priv, void *arg)
 		err = nvdla_fill_task(queue, buffers, local_tasks + i, task);
 		if (err) {
 			nvdla_dbg_err(pdev, "failed to fill task[%d]", i + 1);
+			kref_put(&task->ref, task_free);
 			goto fail_to_fill_task;
 		}
 		nvdla_dbg_info(pdev, "local task[%d] filled", i + 1);
@@ -847,6 +848,7 @@ static int nvdla_submit(struct nvdla_private *priv, void *arg)
 			goto fail_to_send_postfences;
 		}
 		nvdla_dbg_info(pdev, "postfences of task[%d] sent", i + 1);
+		kref_put(&task->ref, task_free);
 	}
 	nvdla_dbg_fn(pdev, "Task submitted, done!");
 
diff --git a/drivers/video/tegra/host/nvdla/nvdla_queue.c b/drivers/video/tegra/host/nvdla/nvdla_queue.c
index 71af69b2..a34ce98c 100644
--- a/drivers/video/tegra/host/nvdla/nvdla_queue.c
+++ b/drivers/video/tegra/host/nvdla/nvdla_queue.c
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ void nvdla_put_task_mem(struct nvdla_task *task)
 	task = NULL;
 }
 
-static void task_free(struct kref *ref)
+void task_free(struct kref *ref)
 {
 	struct nvdla_task *task = container_of(ref, struct nvdla_task, ref);
 	struct platform_device *pdev = task->queue->pool->pdev;