diff --git a/libgralloc/ionalloc.cpp b/libgralloc/ionalloc.cpp
index dbd8546..f89f853 100644
--- a/libgralloc/ionalloc.cpp
+++ b/libgralloc/ionalloc.cpp
@@ -87,7 +87,6 @@ int IonAlloc::alloc_buffer(alloc_data& data)
         if(ionSyncFd < 0) {
             LOGE("%s: Failed to open ion device - %s",
                     __FUNCTION__, strerror(errno));
-            close_device();
             return -errno;
         }
         iFd = ionSyncFd;
@@ -98,7 +97,6 @@ int IonAlloc::alloc_buffer(alloc_data& data)
     if(ioctl(iFd, ION_IOC_ALLOC, &ionAllocData)) {
         err = -errno;
         LOGE("ION_IOC_ALLOC failed with error - %s", strerror(errno));
-        close_device();
         if(ionSyncFd >= 0)
             close(ionSyncFd);
         ionSyncFd = FD_INIT;
@@ -112,7 +110,6 @@ int IonAlloc::alloc_buffer(alloc_data& data)
         LOGE("%s: ION_IOC_MAP failed with error - %s",
                 __FUNCTION__, strerror(errno));
         ioctl(mIonFd, ION_IOC_FREE, &handle_data);
-        close_device();
         if(ionSyncFd >= 0)
             close(ionSyncFd);
         ionSyncFd = FD_INIT;
@@ -128,7 +125,6 @@ int IonAlloc::alloc_buffer(alloc_data& data)
             LOGE("%s: Failed to map the allocated memory: %s",
                                     __FUNCTION__, strerror(errno));
             ioctl(mIonFd, ION_IOC_FREE, &handle_data);
-            close_device();
             ionSyncFd = FD_INIT;
             return err;
         }
@@ -219,7 +215,6 @@ int IonAlloc::clean_buffer(void *base, size_t size, int offset, int fd)
         err = -errno;
         LOGE("%s: ION_IOC_IMPORT failed with error - %s",
                 __FUNCTION__, strerror(errno));
-        close_device();
         return err;
     }
 
@@ -233,7 +228,6 @@ int IonAlloc::clean_buffer(void *base, size_t size, int offset, int fd)
         LOGE("%s: ION_IOC_CLEAN_INV_CACHES failed with error - %s",
                 __FUNCTION__, strerror(errno));
         ioctl(mIonFd, ION_IOC_FREE, &handle_data);
-        close_device();
         return err;
     }
     ioctl(mIonFd, ION_IOC_FREE, &handle_data);