1 files changed, 0 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/blockdev-nbd.c b/blockdev-nbd.c
index 814554dd90..9efbaef8f7 100644
--- a/blockdev-nbd.c
+++ b/blockdev-nbd.c
@@ -235,11 +235,6 @@ int nbd_export_create(BlockExport *exp, BlockExportOptions *exp_args,
         goto out;
     }
 
-    /* The list of named exports has a strong reference to this export now and
-     * our only way of accessing it is through nbd_export_find(), so we can drop
-     * the strong reference that is @exp. */
-    blk_exp_unref(exp);
-
     ret = 0;
  out:
     aio_context_release(aio_context);