diff --git a/drivers/staging/gasket/gasket_interrupt.c b/drivers/staging/gasket/gasket_interrupt.c
index 2d6195f7300e9..864342acfd86e 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/gasket/gasket_interrupt.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/gasket/gasket_interrupt.c
@@ -487,14 +487,16 @@ int gasket_interrupt_system_status(struct gasket_dev *gasket_dev)
 int gasket_interrupt_set_eventfd(struct gasket_interrupt_data *interrupt_data,
 				 int interrupt, int event_fd)
 {
-	struct eventfd_ctx *ctx = eventfd_ctx_fdget(event_fd);
-
-	if (IS_ERR(ctx))
-		return PTR_ERR(ctx);
+	struct eventfd_ctx *ctx;
 
 	if (interrupt < 0 || interrupt >= interrupt_data->num_interrupts)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
+	ctx = eventfd_ctx_fdget(event_fd);
+
+	if (IS_ERR(ctx))
+		return PTR_ERR(ctx);
+
 	interrupt_data->eventfd_ctxs[interrupt] = ctx;
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -505,6 +507,9 @@ int gasket_interrupt_clear_eventfd(struct gasket_interrupt_data *interrupt_data,
 	if (interrupt < 0 || interrupt >= interrupt_data->num_interrupts)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	interrupt_data->eventfd_ctxs[interrupt] = NULL;
+	if (interrupt_data->eventfd_ctxs[interrupt]) {
+		eventfd_ctx_put(interrupt_data->eventfd_ctxs[interrupt]);
+		interrupt_data->eventfd_ctxs[interrupt] = NULL;
+	}
 	return 0;
 }