diff --git a/drivers/staging/usbip/stub_dev.c b/drivers/staging/usbip/stub_dev.c
index 1e1eb4c14d7..79298d06863 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/usbip/stub_dev.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/usbip/stub_dev.c
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
  */
 
 #include <linux/device.h>
+#include <linux/file.h>
 #include <linux/kthread.h>
 #include <linux/module.h>
 
@@ -203,7 +204,7 @@ static void stub_shutdown_connection(struct usbip_device *ud)
 	 * not touch NULL socket.
 	 */
 	if (ud->tcp_socket) {
-		sock_release(ud->tcp_socket);
+		fput(ud->tcp_socket->file);
 		ud->tcp_socket = NULL;
 	}
 
diff --git a/drivers/staging/usbip/usbip_common.c b/drivers/staging/usbip/usbip_common.c
index 4a10034ff2c..75189feac38 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/usbip/usbip_common.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/usbip/usbip_common.c
@@ -413,8 +413,10 @@ struct socket *sockfd_to_socket(unsigned int sockfd)
 
 	inode = file->f_dentry->d_inode;
 
-	if (!inode || !S_ISSOCK(inode->i_mode))
+	if (!inode || !S_ISSOCK(inode->i_mode)) {
+		fput(file);
 		return NULL;
+	}
 
 	socket = SOCKET_I(inode);
 
diff --git a/drivers/staging/usbip/vhci_hcd.c b/drivers/staging/usbip/vhci_hcd.c
index a6143781e2a..77d77f72cb1 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/usbip/vhci_hcd.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/usbip/vhci_hcd.c
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
  */
 
 #include <linux/init.h>
+#include <linux/file.h>
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include <linux/kthread.h>
 #include <linux/module.h>
@@ -804,8 +805,8 @@ static void vhci_shutdown_connection(struct usbip_device *ud)
 	pr_info("stop threads\n");
 
 	/* active connection is closed */
-	if (vdev->ud.tcp_socket != NULL) {
-		sock_release(vdev->ud.tcp_socket);
+	if (vdev->ud.tcp_socket) {
+		fput(vdev->ud.tcp_socket->file);
 		vdev->ud.tcp_socket = NULL;
 	}
 	pr_info("release socket\n");
@@ -851,7 +852,10 @@ static void vhci_device_reset(struct usbip_device *ud)
 		usb_put_dev(vdev->udev);
 	vdev->udev = NULL;
 
-	ud->tcp_socket = NULL;
+	if (ud->tcp_socket) {
+		fput(ud->tcp_socket->file);
+		ud->tcp_socket = NULL;
+	}
 	ud->status = VDEV_ST_NULL;
 
 	spin_unlock(&ud->lock);
diff --git a/drivers/staging/usbip/vhci_sysfs.c b/drivers/staging/usbip/vhci_sysfs.c
index 7ce9c2f7e44..c66e9c05c76 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/usbip/vhci_sysfs.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/usbip/vhci_sysfs.c
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
  */
 
 #include <linux/kthread.h>
+#include <linux/file.h>
 #include <linux/net.h>
 
 #include "usbip_common.h"
@@ -189,7 +190,8 @@ static ssize_t store_attach(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
 	if (valid_args(rhport, speed) < 0)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	/* check sockfd */
+	/* Extract socket from fd. */
+	/* The correct way to clean this up is to fput(socket->file). */
 	socket = sockfd_to_socket(sockfd);
 	if (!socket)
 		return -EINVAL;
@@ -206,6 +208,8 @@ static ssize_t store_attach(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
 		spin_unlock(&vdev->ud.lock);
 		spin_unlock(&the_controller->lock);
 
+		fput(socket->file);
+
 		dev_err(dev, "port %d already used\n", rhport);
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}