diff --git a/src/libcamera/v4l2_videodevice.cpp b/src/libcamera/v4l2_videodevice.cpp
index ba5f88cd..8c85da22 100644
--- a/src/libcamera/v4l2_videodevice.cpp
+++ b/src/libcamera/v4l2_videodevice.cpp
@@ -1384,6 +1384,7 @@ FileDescriptor V4L2VideoDevice::exportDmabufFd(unsigned int index,
 {
 	struct v4l2_exportbuffer expbuf = {};
 	int ret;
+	FileDescriptor fd;
 
 	expbuf.type = bufferType_;
 	expbuf.index = index;
@@ -1397,7 +1398,14 @@ FileDescriptor V4L2VideoDevice::exportDmabufFd(unsigned int index,
 		return FileDescriptor();
 	}
 
-	return FileDescriptor(std::move(expbuf.fd));
+	fd = FileDescriptor(std::move(expbuf.fd));
+	/*
+	 * since FileDesciptor makes a dup of the fd, original fd must be
+	 * closed or else driver considers it as an orphaned buffer (due to
+	 * additional buffer refcount) thus causing a frame buffer leak
+	 */
+	::close(expbuf.fd);
+	return fd;
 }
 
 /**