Index: uspace/srv/vfs/vfs_ops.c
===================================================================
--- uspace/srv/vfs/vfs_ops.c	(revision ca0e838006b1e44ee4570c6851ffbd7a5a132165)
+++ uspace/srv/vfs/vfs_ops.c	(revision 52b44c63605c069ff1cbdf64f6b8e19bdeefeb2b)
@@ -90,8 +90,4 @@
 	errno_t rc;
 
-	/* If the file descriptors are the same, do nothing. */
-	if (oldfd == newfd)
-		return EOK;
-
 	/* Lookup the file structure corresponding to fd. */
 	vfs_file_t *oldfile = vfs_file_get(oldfd);
@@ -100,4 +96,10 @@
 
 	assert(oldfile->node != NULL);
+
+	/* If the file descriptors are the same, do nothing. */
+	if (oldfd == newfd) {
+		vfs_file_put(oldfile);
+		return EOK;
+	}
 
 	if (newfd != -1) {