diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 6fe64bc5df96..8e9f3ae52d18 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 90b1253e4139776e8257914ae9e2292d0de2fecc
+refs/heads/master: 31605debdf5459cc8aacabf192a911a803a81c26
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/vfio/vfio.c b/trunk/drivers/vfio/vfio.c
index 887ae43276bb..17830c9c7cc6 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/vfio/vfio.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/vfio/vfio.c
@@ -1111,10 +1111,10 @@ static int vfio_group_get_device_fd(struct vfio_group *group, char *buf)
 		 */
 		filep->f_mode |= (FMODE_LSEEK | FMODE_PREAD | FMODE_PWRITE);
 
-		fd_install(ret, filep);
-
 		vfio_device_get(device);
 		atomic_inc(&group->container_users);
+
+		fd_install(ret, filep);
 		break;
 	}
 	mutex_unlock(&group->device_lock);