diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/core/uverbs_main.c b/drivers/infiniband/core/uverbs_main.c
index 3d2609608f589625d0077167fa2e66a00430b89f..c023e2c81b8f2b06443452f91edcc506b46b6d17 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/core/uverbs_main.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/core/uverbs_main.c
@@ -250,6 +250,7 @@ void ib_uverbs_release_file(struct kref *ref)
 	if (atomic_dec_and_test(&file->device->refcount))
 		ib_uverbs_comp_dev(file->device);
 
+	kobject_put(&file->device->kobj);
 	kfree(file);
 }
 
@@ -917,7 +918,6 @@ static int ib_uverbs_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
 static int ib_uverbs_close(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
 {
 	struct ib_uverbs_file *file = filp->private_data;
-	struct ib_uverbs_device *dev = file->device;
 
 	mutex_lock(&file->cleanup_mutex);
 	if (file->ucontext) {
@@ -939,7 +939,6 @@ static int ib_uverbs_close(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
 			 ib_uverbs_release_async_event_file);
 
 	kref_put(&file->ref, ib_uverbs_release_file);
-	kobject_put(&dev->kobj);
 
 	return 0;
 }