diff --git a/techpack/camera/drivers/cam_req_mgr/cam_mem_mgr.c b/techpack/camera/drivers/cam_req_mgr/cam_mem_mgr.c
index 369f6639638f..2cf85ed77136 100644
--- a/techpack/camera/drivers/cam_req_mgr/cam_mem_mgr.c
+++ b/techpack/camera/drivers/cam_req_mgr/cam_mem_mgr.c
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 2016-2021, The Linux Foundation. All rights reserved.
- * Copyright (c) 2022 Qualcomm Innovation Center, Inc. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2022-2023 Qualcomm Innovation Center, Inc. All rights reserved.
  */
 
 #include <linux/module.h>
@@ -438,7 +438,6 @@ static int cam_mem_util_get_dma_buf_fd(size_t len,
 	struct dma_buf **buf,
 	int *fd)
 {
-	struct dma_buf *dmabuf = NULL;
 	int rc = 0;
 	struct timespec64 ts1, ts2;
 	long microsec = 0;
@@ -457,6 +456,12 @@ static int cam_mem_util_get_dma_buf_fd(size_t len,
 	*buf = ion_alloc(len, heap_id_mask, flags);
 	if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(*buf))
 		return -ENOMEM;
+	/*
+	 * increment the ref count so that ref count becomes 2 here
+	 * when we close fd, refcount becomes 1 and when we do
+	 * dmap_put_buf, ref count becomes 0 and memory will be freed.
+	 */
+	get_dma_buf(*buf);
 
 	*fd = dma_buf_fd(*buf, O_CLOEXEC);
 	if (*fd < 0) {
@@ -465,17 +470,6 @@ static int cam_mem_util_get_dma_buf_fd(size_t len,
 		goto get_fd_fail;
 	}
 
-	/*
-	 * increment the ref count so that ref count becomes 2 here
-	 * when we close fd, refcount becomes 1 and when we do
-	 * dmap_put_buf, ref count becomes 0 and memory will be freed.
-	 */
-	dmabuf = dma_buf_get(*fd);
-	if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(dmabuf)) {
-		CAM_ERR(CAM_MEM, "dma_buf_get failed, *fd=%d", *fd);
-		rc = -EINVAL;
-	}
-
 	if (tbl.alloc_profile_enable) {
 		CAM_GET_TIMESTAMP(ts2);
 		CAM_GET_TIMESTAMP_DIFF_IN_MICRO(ts1, ts2, microsec);