diff --git a/drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci.c b/drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci.c
index 0d16f9806655f..12f7691e8b6ca 100644
--- a/drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci.c
+++ b/drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci.c
@@ -474,6 +474,10 @@ static void vfio_pci_release(void *device_data)
 	if (!(--vdev->refcnt)) {
 		vfio_spapr_pci_eeh_release(vdev->pdev);
 		vfio_pci_disable(vdev);
+		if (vdev->err_trigger)
+			eventfd_ctx_put(vdev->err_trigger);
+		if (vdev->req_trigger)
+			eventfd_ctx_put(vdev->req_trigger);
 	}
 
 	mutex_unlock(&vdev->reflck->lock);