diff --git a/drivers/iommu/iommufd/eventq.c b/drivers/iommu/iommufd/eventq.c
index fc4de63b0bce..e23d9ee4fe38 100644
--- a/drivers/iommu/iommufd/eventq.c
+++ b/drivers/iommu/iommufd/eventq.c
@@ -393,12 +393,12 @@ static int iommufd_eventq_init(struct iommufd_eventq *eventq, char *name,
 			       const struct file_operations *fops)
 {
 	struct file *filep;
-	int fdno;
 
 	spin_lock_init(&eventq->lock);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&eventq->deliver);
 	init_waitqueue_head(&eventq->wait_queue);
 
+	/* The filep is fput() by the core code during failure */
 	filep = anon_inode_getfile(name, fops, eventq, O_RDWR);
 	if (IS_ERR(filep))
 		return PTR_ERR(filep);
@@ -408,10 +408,7 @@ static int iommufd_eventq_init(struct iommufd_eventq *eventq, char *name,
 	eventq->filep = filep;
 	refcount_inc(&eventq->obj.users);
 
-	fdno = get_unused_fd_flags(O_CLOEXEC);
-	if (fdno < 0)
-		fput(filep);
-	return fdno;
+	return get_unused_fd_flags(O_CLOEXEC);
 }
 
 static const struct file_operations iommufd_fault_fops =
@@ -452,7 +449,6 @@ int iommufd_fault_alloc(struct iommufd_ucmd *ucmd)
 	return 0;
 out_put_fdno:
 	put_unused_fd(fdno);
-	fput(fault->common.filep);
 	return rc;
 }
 
@@ -536,7 +532,6 @@ int iommufd_veventq_alloc(struct iommufd_ucmd *ucmd)
 
 out_put_fdno:
 	put_unused_fd(fdno);
-	fput(veventq->common.filep);
 out_abort:
 	iommufd_object_abort_and_destroy(ucmd->ictx, &veventq->common.obj);
 out_unlock_veventqs:
diff --git a/drivers/iommu/iommufd/main.c b/drivers/iommu/iommufd/main.c
index a9d4decc8ba1..88be2e157245 100644
--- a/drivers/iommu/iommufd/main.c
+++ b/drivers/iommu/iommufd/main.c
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 #include "iommufd_test.h"
 
 struct iommufd_object_ops {
+	size_t file_offset;
 	void (*pre_destroy)(struct iommufd_object *obj);
 	void (*destroy)(struct iommufd_object *obj);
 	void (*abort)(struct iommufd_object *obj);
@@ -131,10 +132,30 @@ void iommufd_object_abort(struct iommufd_ctx *ictx, struct iommufd_object *obj)
 void iommufd_object_abort_and_destroy(struct iommufd_ctx *ictx,
 				      struct iommufd_object *obj)
 {
-	if (iommufd_object_ops[obj->type].abort)
-		iommufd_object_ops[obj->type].abort(obj);
+	const struct iommufd_object_ops *ops = &iommufd_object_ops[obj->type];
+
+	if (ops->file_offset) {
+		struct file **filep = ((void *)obj) + ops->file_offset;
+
+		/*
+		 * A file should hold a users refcount while the file is open
+		 * and put it back in its release. The file should hold a
+		 * pointer to obj in their private data. Normal fput() is
+		 * deferred to a workqueue and can get out of order with the
+		 * following kfree(obj). Using the sync version ensures the
+		 * release happens immediately. During abort we require the file
+		 * refcount is one at this point - meaning the object alloc
+		 * function cannot do anything to allow another thread to take a
+		 * refcount prior to a guaranteed success.
+		 */
+		if (*filep)
+			__fput_sync(*filep);
+	}
+
+	if (ops->abort)
+		ops->abort(obj);
 	else
-		iommufd_object_ops[obj->type].destroy(obj);
+		ops->destroy(obj);
 	iommufd_object_abort(ictx, obj);
 }
 
@@ -659,6 +680,12 @@ void iommufd_ctx_put(struct iommufd_ctx *ictx)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_NS_GPL(iommufd_ctx_put, "IOMMUFD");
 
+#define IOMMUFD_FILE_OFFSET(_struct, _filep, _obj)                           \
+	.file_offset = (offsetof(_struct, _filep) +                          \
+			BUILD_BUG_ON_ZERO(!__same_type(                      \
+				struct file *, ((_struct *)NULL)->_filep)) + \
+			BUILD_BUG_ON_ZERO(offsetof(_struct, _obj)))
+
 static const struct iommufd_object_ops iommufd_object_ops[] = {
 	[IOMMUFD_OBJ_ACCESS] = {
 		.destroy = iommufd_access_destroy_object,
@@ -669,6 +696,7 @@ static const struct iommufd_object_ops iommufd_object_ops[] = {
 	},
 	[IOMMUFD_OBJ_FAULT] = {
 		.destroy = iommufd_fault_destroy,
+		IOMMUFD_FILE_OFFSET(struct iommufd_fault, common.filep, common.obj),
 	},
 	[IOMMUFD_OBJ_HW_QUEUE] = {
 		.destroy = iommufd_hw_queue_destroy,
@@ -691,6 +719,7 @@ static const struct iommufd_object_ops iommufd_object_ops[] = {
 	[IOMMUFD_OBJ_VEVENTQ] = {
 		.destroy = iommufd_veventq_destroy,
 		.abort = iommufd_veventq_abort,
+		IOMMUFD_FILE_OFFSET(struct iommufd_veventq, common.filep, common.obj),
 	},
 	[IOMMUFD_OBJ_VIOMMU] = {
 		.destroy = iommufd_viommu_destroy,