diff --git a/drivers/iommu/iommufd/fault.c b/drivers/iommu/iommufd/fault.c
index 053b0e30f55a..1fe804e28a86 100644
--- a/drivers/iommu/iommufd/fault.c
+++ b/drivers/iommu/iommufd/fault.c
@@ -420,8 +420,6 @@ 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);