diff --git a/drivers/rpmsg/qcom_glink_native.c b/drivers/rpmsg/qcom_glink_native.c
index 335b47c33702047a8955615af5acbc27b76ae4e8..539a6b990f7a4831b40d040a921495cfb517d8b9 100644
--- a/drivers/rpmsg/qcom_glink_native.c
+++ b/drivers/rpmsg/qcom_glink_native.c
@@ -1106,13 +1106,12 @@ static int qcom_glink_create_remote(struct qcom_glink *glink,
 close_link:
 	/*
 	 * Send a close request to "undo" our open-ack. The close-ack will
-	 * release the last reference.
+	 * release qcom_glink_send_open_req() reference and the last reference
+	 * will be relesed after receiving remote_close or transport unregister
+	 * by calling qcom_glink_native_remove().
 	 */
 	qcom_glink_send_close_req(glink, channel);
 
-	/* Release qcom_glink_send_open_req() reference */
-	kref_put(&channel->refcount, qcom_glink_channel_release);
-
 	return ret;
 }