diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_command.c b/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
index e10121cf94..7847706594 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
@@ -8145,6 +8145,7 @@ qemuBuildInterfaceCommandLine(virQEMUDriverPtr driver,
         addfdarg = g_strdup_printf("%s,opaque=%s", fdset,
                                    net->data.vdpa.devicepath);
         virCommandAddArgList(cmd, "-add-fd", addfdarg, NULL);
+        vdpafd = -1;
     }
 
     if (chardev)
@@ -8214,6 +8215,7 @@ qemuBuildInterfaceCommandLine(virQEMUDriverPtr driver,
     VIR_FREE(tapfdName);
     VIR_FREE(vhostfd);
     VIR_FREE(tapfd);
+    VIR_FORCE_CLOSE(vdpafd);
     return ret;
 }