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);
 }
 
@@ -101,12 +104,17 @@
 
 	if (fget_unlocked(curthread->td_proc->p_fd, fd,
 	    cap_rights_init(&rights), &file, NULL) != 0) {
-		file = NULL;
-	}
-	filp->_file = file;
-	finit(file, filp->f_mode, DTYPE_DEV, filp, &linuxfileops);
+		filp->_file = NULL;
+	} else {
+		filp->_file = file;
+
+		/* init 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 +128,6 @@
 	error = falloc(curthread, &file, &fd, 0);
 	if (error)
 		return -error;
-	/* drop the extra reference */
-	fdrop(file, curthread);
 	return fd;
 }
 
@@ -135,8 +141,6 @@
 	error = falloc(curthread, &file, &fd, flags);
 	if (error)
 		return -error;
-	/* drop the extra reference */
-	fdrop(file, curthread);
 	return fd;
 }