diff --git a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
index 3863cf7ae1a3..19f0ecb9b93e 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
@@ -3191,6 +3191,12 @@ static int kvm_dev_ioctl_create_vm(unsigned long type)
 		return PTR_ERR(file);
 	}
 
+	/*
+	 * Don't call kvm_put_kvm anymore at this point; file->f_op is
+	 * already set, with ->release() being kvm_vm_release().  In error
+	 * cases it will be called by the final fput(file) and will take
+	 * care of doing kvm_put_kvm(kvm).
+	 */
 	if (kvm_create_vm_debugfs(kvm, r) < 0) {
 		put_unused_fd(r);
 		fput(file);