@@ -790,8 +790,7 @@ KMOD_EXPORT int kmod_module_insert_module(struct kmod_module *mod,
 	int err;
 	const void *mem;
 	off_t size;
-	struct kmod_file *file;
-	struct kmod_elf *elf = NULL;
+	struct kmod_elf *elf;
 	const char *path;
 	const char *args = options ? options : "";
 

@@ -804,13 +803,13 @@ KMOD_EXPORT int kmod_module_insert_module(struct kmod_module *mod,
 		return -ENOSYS;
 	}
 
-	file = kmod_file_open(mod->ctx, path);
-	if (file == NULL) {
+	mod->file = kmod_file_open(mod->ctx, path);
+	if (mod->file == NULL) {
 		err = -errno;
 		return err;
 	}
 
-	if (kmod_file_get_direct(file)) {
+	if (kmod_file_get_direct(mod->file)) {
 		unsigned int kernel_flags = 0;
 
 		if (flags & KMOD_INSERT_FORCE_VERMAGIC)

@@ -818,19 +817,16 @@ KMOD_EXPORT int kmod_module_insert_module(struct kmod_module *mod,
 		if (flags & KMOD_INSERT_FORCE_MODVERSION)
 			kernel_flags |= MODULE_INIT_IGNORE_MODVERSIONS;
 
-		err = finit_module(kmod_file_get_fd(file), args, kernel_flags);
+		err = finit_module(kmod_file_get_fd(mod->file), args, kernel_flags);
 		if (err == 0 || errno != ENOSYS)
 			goto init_finished;
 	}
 
-	size = kmod_file_get_size(file);
-	mem = kmod_file_get_contents(file);
-
 	if (flags & (KMOD_INSERT_FORCE_VERMAGIC | KMOD_INSERT_FORCE_MODVERSION)) {
-		elf = kmod_elf_new(mem, size);
+		elf = kmod_file_get_elf(mod->file);
 		if (elf == NULL) {
 			err = -errno;
-			goto elf_failed;
+			return err;
 		}
 
 		if (flags & KMOD_INSERT_FORCE_MODVERSION) {

@@ -846,7 +842,10 @@ KMOD_EXPORT int kmod_module_insert_module(struct kmod_module *mod,
 		}
 
 		mem = kmod_elf_get_memory(elf);
+	} else {
+		mem = kmod_file_get_contents(mod->file);
 	}
+	size = kmod_file_get_size(mod->file);
 
 	err = init_module(mem, size, args);
 init_finished:

@@ -854,12 +853,6 @@ init_finished:
 		err = -errno;
 		INFO(mod->ctx, "Failed to insert module '%s': %m\n", path);
 	}
-
-	if (elf != NULL)
-		kmod_elf_unref(elf);
-elf_failed:
-	kmod_file_unref(file);
-
 	return err;
 }