1 files changed, 1 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/fs/fuse/cuse.c b/fs/fuse/cuse.c
index 3426521f3205..ee8d55042298 100644
--- a/fs/fuse/cuse.c
+++ b/fs/fuse/cuse.c
@@ -396,7 +396,7 @@ err_device:
 err_region:
         unregister_chrdev_region(devt, 1);
 err:
-        fc->conn_error = 1;
+        fuse_conn_kill(fc);
         goto out;
 }
 
@@ -532,8 +532,6 @@ static int cuse_channel_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
                 cdev_del(cc->cdev);
         }
 
-        /* kill connection and shutdown channel */
-        fuse_conn_kill(&cc->fc);
         rc = fuse_dev_release(inode, file);     /* puts the base reference */
 
         return rc;