diff --git a/src/libcamera/v4l2_videodevice.cpp b/src/libcamera/v4l2_videodevice.cpp
index fbe55bc6f54f..3614b2ed1cbc 100644
--- a/src/libcamera/v4l2_videodevice.cpp
+++ b/src/libcamera/v4l2_videodevice.cpp
@@ -1276,14 +1276,7 @@ FileDescriptor V4L2VideoDevice::exportDmabufFd(unsigned int index,
 		return FileDescriptor();
 	}
 
-	FileDescriptor fd(expbuf.fd);
-	/*
-	 * FileDescriptor takes a duplicate of fd, so we must close the
-	 * original here, otherwise it will be left dangling.
-	 */
-	::close(expbuf.fd);
-
-	return fd;
+	return FileDescriptor(std::move(expbuf.fd));
 }
 
 /**