diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_timeline.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_timeline.c
index f19cf6d2fa85c..feb1a76c639fb 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_timeline.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_timeline.c
@@ -127,6 +127,15 @@ static void intel_timeline_fini(struct rcu_head *rcu)
 
 	i915_vma_put(timeline->hwsp_ggtt);
 	i915_active_fini(&timeline->active);
+
+	/*
+	 * A small race exists between intel_gt_retire_requests_timeout and
+	 * intel_timeline_exit which could result in the syncmap not getting
+	 * free'd. Rather than work to hard to seal this race, simply cleanup
+	 * the syncmap on fini.
+	 */
+	i915_syncmap_free(&timeline->sync);
+
 	kfree(timeline);
 }