Index: sys/compat/linuxkpi/common/include/linux/file.h
===================================================================
--- sys/compat/linuxkpi/common/include/linux/file.h
+++ sys/compat/linuxkpi/common/include/linux/file.h
@@ -89,7 +89,10 @@
 	 */
 	fdclose(curthread, file, fd);
 
-	/* drop extra reference */
+	/* drop reference from fget_unlocked() */
+	fdrop(file, curthread);
+
+	/* drop extra reference from falloc() */
 	fdrop(file, curthread);
 }
 
@@ -106,7 +109,10 @@
 	filp->_file = file;
 	finit(file, filp->f_mode, DTYPE_DEV, filp, &linuxfileops);
 
-	/* drop the extra reference */
+	/* drop the reference from fget_unlocked() */
+	fput(filp);
+
+	/* drop extra reference from falloc() */
 	fput(filp);
 }
 
@@ -120,8 +126,6 @@
 	error = falloc(curthread, &file, &fd, 0);
 	if (error)
 		return -error;
-	/* drop the extra reference */
-	fdrop(file, curthread);
 	return fd;
 }
 
@@ -135,8 +139,6 @@
 	error = falloc(curthread, &file, &fd, flags);
 	if (error)
 		return -error;
-	/* drop the extra reference */
-	fdrop(file, curthread);
 	return fd;
 }