diff --git a/block/blkdebug.c b/block/blkdebug.c
index 67e8024e36db9dbae51ec4a1711c4aeac759e833..cc4a146e847974a8fcf9f4200e75e79f989ff356 100644
--- a/block/blkdebug.c
+++ b/block/blkdebug.c
@@ -389,14 +389,12 @@ static int blkdebug_open(BlockDriverState *bs, QDict *options, int flags,
     } else if (align) {
         error_setg(errp, "Invalid alignment");
         ret = -EINVAL;
-        goto fail_unref;
+        goto out;
     }
 
     ret = 0;
     goto out;
 
-fail_unref:
-    bdrv_unref_child(bs, bs->file);
 out:
     if (ret < 0) {
         g_free(s->config_file);
diff --git a/block/blkreplay.c b/block/blkreplay.c
index e1102119fbeafc4d72fbca0cd1a1b029372ffb03..6aa5fd4156e61b8e718b47ad741c9889e10cdcf2 100755
--- a/block/blkreplay.c
+++ b/block/blkreplay.c
@@ -37,9 +37,6 @@ static int blkreplay_open(BlockDriverState *bs, QDict *options, int flags,
 
     ret = 0;
 fail:
-    if (ret < 0) {
-        bdrv_unref_child(bs, bs->file);
-    }
     return ret;
 }
 
diff --git a/block/blkverify.c b/block/blkverify.c
index 9a1e21c6ad3723375fa97a9ba0225e956732a31f..af23281669e979b5d2ddc740676c81235d7d125a 100644
--- a/block/blkverify.c
+++ b/block/blkverify.c
@@ -142,9 +142,6 @@ static int blkverify_open(BlockDriverState *bs, QDict *options, int flags,
 
     ret = 0;
 fail:
-    if (ret < 0) {
-        bdrv_unref_child(bs, bs->file);
-    }
     qemu_opts_del(opts);
     return ret;
 }