diff --git a/tests/bugs/fuse/fd-migration-open-behind-leak.t b/tests/bugs/fuse/fd-migration-open-behind-leak.t
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ca93e7acacb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/bugs/fuse/fd-migration-open-behind-leak.t
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# An fd held open across a graph switch and then closed without any further
+# fd fop leaked its new-graph fd_t and fuse fd ctx (and pinned the inode) when
+# performance.open-behind is on: fuse_release() delivered fdclose to the base
+# fd's graph only, so the new graph's open-behind never cancelled the deferred
+# open it kept for the migrated fd.
+
+. $(dirname $0)/../../include.rc
+. $(dirname $0)/../../volume.rc
+
+cleanup;
+
+N=5
+
+function mount_log {
+        ls $($CLI --print-logdir)/mnt-glusterfs-0.log 2>/dev/null | head -1
+}
+
+# the mount log persists across tests: every count below is relative to a baseline
+function switched_count {
+        echo $(( $(grep -c "switched to graph" "$(mount_log)") - ${1:-0} ))
+}
+
+function migrated_count {
+        echo $(( $(grep -c "migrated basefd" "$(mount_log)") - ${1:-0} ))
+}
+
+# Live fd_t objects created by the fuse client: every fd_t owns exactly one
+# gf_common_mt_fd_ctx array, accounted to the fuse xlator. This exists on every
+# build; the fd_t mem-pool count does not exist on tcmalloc builds.
+function fuse_live_fd_count {
+        local sd=$(generate_mount_statedump $V0 $M0)
+        awk -F= '/^\[mount\/fuse\.fuse - usage-type gf_common_mt_fd_ctx memusage\]$/ {f=1}
+                 f && /^num_allocs=/ {print $2; f=0; e=1} END {if (!e) print 0}' "$sd"
+        rm -f "$sd"
+}
+
+# num_allocs of gf_fuse_mt_fd_ctx_t (the section is only printed when non-zero)
+function fuse_fd_ctx_count {
+        local sd=$(generate_mount_statedump $V0 $M0)
+        awk -F= '/gf_fuse_mt_fd_ctx_t memusage/ {f=1} f && /^num_allocs=/ {print $2; f=0; e=1} END {if (!e) print 0}' "$sd"
+        rm -f "$sd"
+}
+
+TEST glusterd
+TEST pidof glusterd
+TEST $CLI volume create $V0 $H0:$B0/${V0}0
+TEST $CLI volume set $V0 performance.open-behind on
+TEST $CLI volume start $V0
+TEST $GFS --volfile-id=/$V0 --volfile-server=$H0 $M0
+
+for i in $(seq 1 $N); do
+        echo data > $M0/f$i
+done
+s0=$(switched_count)
+m0=$(migrated_count)
+
+# keep the files open (O_RDWR) across the switch
+for i in $(seq 1 $N); do
+        eval "exec $((10 + i))<>$M0/f$i"
+done
+
+# a graph switch; fuse performs it on the next request, so poke the mount
+TEST $CLI volume set $V0 performance.stat-prefetch off
+TEST stat $M0
+EXPECT_WITHIN $GRAPH_SWITCH_TIMEOUT "1" switched_count $s0
+EXPECT_WITHIN $GRAPH_SWITCH_TIMEOUT "$N" migrated_count $m0
+
+# close without any other fop on the handles
+for i in $(seq 1 $N); do
+        eval "exec $((10 + i))>&-"
+done
+
+EXPECT_WITHIN $PROCESS_UP_TIMEOUT "0" fuse_live_fd_count
+EXPECT_WITHIN $PROCESS_UP_TIMEOUT "0" fuse_fd_ctx_count
+
+cleanup;
diff --git a/xlators/mount/fuse/src/fuse-bridge.c b/xlators/mount/fuse/src/fuse-bridge.c
index 05eae9439cd..5b446eaf17a 100644
--- a/xlators/mount/fuse/src/fuse-bridge.c
+++ b/xlators/mount/fuse/src/fuse-bridge.c
@@ -128,6 +128,13 @@ fuse_fd_ctx_destroy(xlator_t *this, fd_t *fd)
     if (fdctx) {
         activefd = fdctx->activefd;
         if (activefd) {
+            /* The application's handle is going away. fuse_release()
+             * delivers fdclose to the base fd's graph only; the active
+             * fd lives on the graph it was migrated to, so tell that
+             * graph's xlators as well before dropping the reference.
+             * open-behind needs it to cancel a still deferred open and
+             * release the fd and stub references it holds. */
+            fd_close(activefd);
             fd_unref(activefd);
         }
 
@@ -5530,6 +5537,9 @@ fuse_migrate_fd_open(xlator_t *this, fd_t *basefd, fd_t *oldfd,
     UNLOCK(&basefd->lock);
 
     if (old_activefd != NULL) {
+        /* The previous active fd is abandoned on its graph: deliver
+         * fdclose there too before the reference goes. */
+        fd_close(old_activefd);
         fd_unref(old_activefd);
     }