diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/v3d/v3d_perfmon.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/v3d/v3d_perfmon.c
index 101332775b6a..ec99d644cbb0 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/v3d/v3d_perfmon.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/v3d/v3d_perfmon.c
@@ -175,6 +175,7 @@ int v3d_perfmon_destroy_ioctl(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
 {
 	struct v3d_file_priv *v3d_priv = file_priv->driver_priv;
 	struct drm_v3d_perfmon_destroy *req = data;
+	struct v3d_dev *v3d = v3d_priv->v3d;
 	struct v3d_perfmon *perfmon;
 
 	mutex_lock(&v3d_priv->perfmon.lock);
@@ -184,6 +185,10 @@ int v3d_perfmon_destroy_ioctl(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
 	if (!perfmon)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
+	/* If the active perfmon is being destroyed, stop it first */
+	if (perfmon == v3d->active_perfmon)
+		v3d_perfmon_stop(v3d, perfmon, false);
+
 	v3d_perfmon_put(perfmon);
 
 	return 0;