diff --git a/criu/files-reg.c b/criu/files-reg.c
index cf0c84b52..c80da1d8c 100644
--- a/criu/files-reg.c
+++ b/criu/files-reg.c
@@ -2506,7 +2506,7 @@ static int open_filemap(int pid, struct vma_area *vma)
 			 * using dup because dup returns a reference to the same struct file inside kernel, but we
 			 * cannot open a new FD.
 			 */
-			ret = dup(plugin_fd);
+			ret = plugin_fd;
 		} else if (vma->e->status & VMA_AREA_MEMFD) {
 			if (!inherited_fd(vma->vmfd, &ret))
 				ret = memfd_open(vma->vmfd, &flags);
diff --git a/plugins/amdgpu/amdgpu_plugin.c b/plugins/amdgpu/amdgpu_plugin.c
index 6a79f8b19..9dae8861c 100644
--- a/plugins/amdgpu/amdgpu_plugin.c
+++ b/plugins/amdgpu/amdgpu_plugin.c
@@ -1955,10 +1955,15 @@ int amdgpu_plugin_update_vmamap(const char *in_path, const uint64_t addr, const
 		if (addr == vma_md->vma_entry && old_offset == vma_md->old_pgoff) {
 			*new_offset = vma_md->new_pgoff;
 
-			if (is_renderD)
-				*updated_fd = vma_md->fd;
-			else
-				*updated_fd = -1;
+			*updated_fd = -1;
+			if (is_renderD) {
+				int fd = dup(vma_md->fd);
+				if (fd == -1) {
+					pr_perror("unable to duplicate the render fd");
+					return -1;
+				}
+				*updated_fd = fd;
+			}
 
 			plugin_log_msg("old_pgoff=0x%lx new_pgoff=0x%lx fd=%d\n", vma_md->old_pgoff, vma_md->new_pgoff,
 				       *updated_fd);