diff --git a/drivers/rpmsg/qcom_glink_native.c b/drivers/rpmsg/qcom_glink_native.c
index 9355ce26fd9842f246f2889333e80687e9c17b39..72ed671f5dcd9818e56ebfc8876ef16a13af4294 100644
--- a/drivers/rpmsg/qcom_glink_native.c
+++ b/drivers/rpmsg/qcom_glink_native.c
@@ -1103,13 +1103,12 @@ 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;
 }