diff --git a/drivers/misc/fastrpc.c b/drivers/misc/fastrpc.c
index 4ccbf43e6bfa..aa1682b94a23 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/fastrpc.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/fastrpc.c
@@ -1288,7 +1288,14 @@ static int fastrpc_dmabuf_alloc(struct fastrpc_user *fl, char __user *argp)
 	}
 
 	if (copy_to_user(argp, &bp, sizeof(bp))) {
-		dma_buf_put(buf->dmabuf);
+		/*
+		 * The usercopy failed, but we can't do much about it, as
+		 * dma_buf_fd() already called fd_install() and made the
+		 * file descriptor accessible for the current process. It
+		 * might already be closed and dmabuf no longer valid when
+		 * we reach this point. Therefore "leak" the fd and rely on
+		 * the process exit path to do any required cleanup.
+		 */
 		return -EFAULT;
 	}