diff --git a/drivers/iommu/iommufd/fault.c b/drivers/iommu/iommufd/fault.c
index 11c70922ec479f6fcd219a2d69c67d5bc3d79faa..f8c8bbf8e45707e98b23f6c505cbe4bc66dc7ea7 100644
--- a/drivers/iommu/iommufd/fault.c
+++ b/drivers/iommu/iommufd/fault.c
@@ -431,8 +431,6 @@ int iommufd_fault_alloc(struct iommufd_ucmd *ucmd)
 	put_unused_fd(fdno);
 out_fput:
 	fput(filep);
-	refcount_dec(&fault->obj.users);
-	iommufd_ctx_put(fault->ictx);
 out_abort:
 	iommufd_object_abort_and_destroy(ucmd->ictx, &fault->obj);