diff --git a/drivers/misc/fastrpc.c b/drivers/misc/fastrpc.c
index e9d6bb2279fbe778363c051cd908f8fd22a03a38..67a51f69cf9aa0806bbd150c58e9605bffd09f1b 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/fastrpc.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/fastrpc.c
@@ -263,10 +263,12 @@ static void fastrpc_map_put(struct fastrpc_map *map)
 		kref_put(&map->refcount, fastrpc_free_map);
 }
 
-static void fastrpc_map_get(struct fastrpc_map *map)
+static int fastrpc_map_get(struct fastrpc_map *map)
 {
-	if (map)
-		kref_get(&map->refcount);
+	if (!map)
+		return -ENOENT;
+
+	return kref_get_unless_zero(&map->refcount) ? 0 : -ENOENT;
 }
 
 static int fastrpc_map_find(struct fastrpc_user *fl, int fd,