diff --git a/drivers/staging/goldfish/goldfish_sync_timeline.c b/drivers/staging/goldfish/goldfish_sync_timeline.c
index aeccec1c51b1..0dac94f5accd 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/goldfish/goldfish_sync_timeline.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/goldfish/goldfish_sync_timeline.c
@@ -323,7 +323,6 @@ goldfish_sync_fence_create(struct goldfish_sync_timeline_obj *obj,
 	return fd;
 
 err_cleanup_fd_pt:
-	fput(sync_file_obj->file);
 	put_unused_fd(fd);
 err_cleanup_pt:
 	fence_put(&syncpt->base);