diff --git a/kernel-src/sys/syscalls/chmod.c b/kernel-src/sys/syscalls/chmod.c
index 841f9b6d..5dfc0b6c 100644
--- a/kernel-src/sys/syscalls/chmod.c
+++ b/kernel-src/sys/syscalls/chmod.c
@@ -79,5 +79,7 @@ syscallret_t syscall_fchmod(context_t *, int fd, mode_t mode) {
 	ret.errno = dochmod(file->vnode, mode);
 	ret.ret = ret.errno ? -1 : 0;
 
+	fd_release(file);
+
 	return ret;
 }