diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 23403c8e08385..824d15c14be02 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 VERSION = 5
 PATCHLEVEL = 11
-SUBLEVEL = 9
+SUBLEVEL = 10
 EXTRAVERSION =
 NAME = 💕 Valentine's Day Edition 💕
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/ttm/ttm_bo.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/ttm/ttm_bo.c
index a76eb2c14e8c5..22073e77fdf9a 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/ttm/ttm_bo.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/ttm/ttm_bo.c
@@ -514,7 +514,7 @@ static void ttm_bo_release(struct kref *kref)
 		 * shrinkers, now that they are queued for
 		 * destruction.
 		 */
-		if (WARN_ON(bo->pin_count)) {
+		if (bo->pin_count) {
 			bo->pin_count = 0;
 			ttm_bo_del_from_lru(bo);
 			ttm_bo_add_mem_to_lru(bo, &bo->mem);
diff --git a/include/drm/ttm/ttm_bo_api.h b/include/drm/ttm/ttm_bo_api.h
index b5bef31991967..2564e66e67d74 100644
--- a/include/drm/ttm/ttm_bo_api.h
+++ b/include/drm/ttm/ttm_bo_api.h
@@ -600,7 +600,6 @@ static inline bool ttm_bo_uses_embedded_gem_object(struct ttm_buffer_object *bo)
 static inline void ttm_bo_pin(struct ttm_buffer_object *bo)
 {
 	dma_resv_assert_held(bo->base.resv);
-	WARN_ON_ONCE(!kref_read(&bo->kref));
 	++bo->pin_count;
 }
 
@@ -613,11 +612,8 @@ static inline void ttm_bo_pin(struct ttm_buffer_object *bo)
 static inline void ttm_bo_unpin(struct ttm_buffer_object *bo)
 {
 	dma_resv_assert_held(bo->base.resv);
-	WARN_ON_ONCE(!kref_read(&bo->kref));
-	if (bo->pin_count)
-		--bo->pin_count;
-	else
-		WARN_ON_ONCE(true);
+	WARN_ON_ONCE(!bo->pin_count);
+	--bo->pin_count;
 }
 
 int ttm_mem_evict_first(struct ttm_bo_device *bdev,