diff --git a/bsd-core/drm_drv.c b/bsd-core/drm_drv.c
index afd9035..2ffec4a 100644
--- a/bsd-core/drm_drv.c
+++ b/bsd-core/drm_drv.c
@@ -535,6 +535,7 @@ static int drm_load(drm_device_t *dev)
 
 	if (dev->driver.load != NULL) {
 		DRM_LOCK();
+		/* shared code returns -errno */
 		retcode = -dev->driver.load(dev,
 		    dev->id_entry->driver_private);
 		DRM_UNLOCK();
@@ -717,6 +718,8 @@ int drm_close(struct cdev *kdev, int flags, int fmt, DRM_STRUCTPROC *p)
 		return EINVAL;
 	}
 
+if (--file_priv->refs == 0) {
+
 	if (dev->driver.preclose != NULL)
 		dev->driver.preclose(dev, file_priv);
 
@@ -792,7 +795,7 @@ int drm_close(struct cdev *kdev, int flags, int fmt, DRM_STRUCTPROC *p)
 	dev->buf_pgid = 0;
 #endif /* __NetBSD__  || __OpenBSD__ */
 
-	if (--file_priv->refs == 0) {
+//	if (--file_priv->refs == 0) {
 		if (dev->driver.postclose != NULL)
 			dev->driver.postclose(dev, file_priv);
 		TAILQ_REMOVE(&dev->files, file_priv, link);