diff --git a/drivers/vhost/net.c b/drivers/vhost/net.c
index 88c8c158ec25c972ca9c7da77eda26d633457a14..51901a5629cedd9855489275ac86ca514c15d7f3 100644
--- a/drivers/vhost/net.c
+++ b/drivers/vhost/net.c
@@ -1209,13 +1209,9 @@ static struct socket *get_raw_socket(int fd)
 	return ERR_PTR(r);
 }
 
-static struct ptr_ring *get_tap_ptr_ring(int fd)
+static struct ptr_ring *get_tap_ptr_ring(struct file *file)
 {
 	struct ptr_ring *ring;
-	struct file *file = fget(fd);
-
-	if (!file)
-		return NULL;
 	ring = tun_get_tx_ring(file);
 	if (!IS_ERR(ring))
 		goto out;
@@ -1224,7 +1220,6 @@ static struct ptr_ring *get_tap_ptr_ring(int fd)
 		goto out;
 	ring = NULL;
 out:
-	fput(file);
 	return ring;
 }
 
@@ -1311,8 +1306,12 @@ static long vhost_net_set_backend(struct vhost_net *n, unsigned index, int fd)
 		r = vhost_net_enable_vq(n, vq);
 		if (r)
 			goto err_used;
-		if (index == VHOST_NET_VQ_RX)
-			nvq->rx_ring = get_tap_ptr_ring(fd);
+		if (index == VHOST_NET_VQ_RX) {
+			if (sock)
+				nvq->rx_ring = get_tap_ptr_ring(sock->file);
+			else
+				nvq->rx_ring = NULL;
+		}
 
 		oldubufs = nvq->ubufs;
 		nvq->ubufs = ubufs;
diff --git a/net/sched/cls_u32.c b/net/sched/cls_u32.c
index fe246e03fcd9c4134f642cda6a559289028022e5..ad82c63094821812ffed86ce586bacf4bd1e71e0 100644
--- a/net/sched/cls_u32.c
+++ b/net/sched/cls_u32.c
@@ -404,15 +404,20 @@ static int u32_init(struct tcf_proto *tp)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int u32_destroy_key(struct tcf_proto *tp, struct tc_u_knode *n,
-			   bool free_pf)
+static void __u32_destroy_key(struct tc_u_knode *n)
 {
 	struct tc_u_hnode *ht = rtnl_dereference(n->ht_down);
 
 	tcf_exts_destroy(&n->exts);
-	tcf_exts_put_net(&n->exts);
 	if (ht && --ht->refcnt == 0)
 		kfree(ht);
+	kfree(n);
+}
+
+static void u32_destroy_key(struct tcf_proto *tp, struct tc_u_knode *n,
+			    bool free_pf)
+{
+	tcf_exts_put_net(&n->exts);
 #ifdef CONFIG_CLS_U32_PERF
 	if (free_pf)
 		free_percpu(n->pf);
@@ -421,8 +426,7 @@ static int u32_destroy_key(struct tcf_proto *tp, struct tc_u_knode *n,
 	if (free_pf)
 		free_percpu(n->pcpu_success);
 #endif
-	kfree(n);
-	return 0;
+	__u32_destroy_key(n);
 }
 
 /* u32_delete_key_rcu should be called when free'ing a copied
@@ -965,13 +969,13 @@ static int u32_change(struct net *net, struct sk_buff *in_skb,
 				    tca[TCA_RATE], ovr, extack);
 
 		if (err) {
-			u32_destroy_key(tp, new, false);
+			__u32_destroy_key(new);
 			return err;
 		}
 
 		err = u32_replace_hw_knode(tp, new, flags, extack);
 		if (err) {
-			u32_destroy_key(tp, new, false);
+			__u32_destroy_key(new);
 			return err;
 		}