diff --git a/hw/9pfs/9p-local.c b/hw/9pfs/9p-local.c
index 607cd2aece..be6be61514 100644
--- a/hw/9pfs/9p-local.c
+++ b/hw/9pfs/9p-local.c
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 #include "qemu/osdep.h"
 #include "9p.h"
 #include "9p-xattr.h"
+#include "9p-util.h"
 #include "fsdev/qemu-fsdev.h"   /* local_ops */
 #include <arpa/inet.h>
 #include <pwd.h>
@@ -43,6 +44,10 @@
 #define BTRFS_SUPER_MAGIC 0x9123683E
 #endif
 
+typedef struct {
+    int mountfd;
+} LocalData;
+
 #define VIRTFS_META_DIR ".virtfs_metadata"
 
 static char *local_mapped_attr_path(FsContext *ctx, const char *path)
@@ -1176,13 +1181,20 @@ static int local_ioc_getversion(FsContext *ctx, V9fsPath *path,
 static int local_init(FsContext *ctx)
 {
     struct statfs stbuf;
+    LocalData *data = g_malloc(sizeof(*data));
+
+    data->mountfd = open(ctx->fs_root, O_DIRECTORY | O_RDONLY);
+    if (data->mountfd == -1) {
+        goto err;
+    }
 
 #ifdef FS_IOC_GETVERSION
     /*
      * use ioc_getversion only if the ioctl is definied
      */
-    if (statfs(ctx->fs_root, &stbuf) < 0) {
-        return -1;
+    if (fstatfs(data->mountfd, &stbuf) < 0) {
+        close_preserve_errno(data->mountfd);
+        goto err;
     }
     switch (stbuf.f_type) {
     case EXT2_SUPER_MAGIC:
@@ -1209,7 +1221,20 @@ static int local_init(FsContext *ctx)
     }
     ctx->export_flags |= V9FS_PATHNAME_FSCONTEXT;
 
+    ctx->private = data;
     return 0;
+
+err:
+    g_free(data);
+    return -1;
+}
+
+static void local_cleanup(FsContext *ctx)
+{
+    LocalData *data = ctx->private;
+
+    close(data->mountfd);
+    g_free(data);
 }
 
 static int local_parse_opts(QemuOpts *opts, struct FsDriverEntry *fse)
@@ -1252,6 +1277,7 @@ static int local_parse_opts(QemuOpts *opts, struct FsDriverEntry *fse)
 FileOperations local_ops = {
     .parse_opts = local_parse_opts,
     .init  = local_init,
+    .cleanup = local_cleanup,
     .lstat = local_lstat,
     .readlink = local_readlink,
     .close = local_close,