diff --git a/fs/cachefiles/namei.c b/fs/cachefiles/namei.c
index 2c46f0decb02..67793898148b 100644
--- a/fs/cachefiles/namei.c
+++ b/fs/cachefiles/namei.c
@@ -466,7 +466,6 @@ struct file *cachefiles_create_tmpfile(struct cachefiles_object *object)
 	ret = -EINVAL;
 	if (unlikely(!file->f_op->read_iter) ||
 	    unlikely(!file->f_op->write_iter)) {
-		fput(file);
 		pr_notice("Cache does not support read_iter and write_iter\n");
 		goto err_unuse;
 	}