diff --git a/components/vfs/test/test_vfs_fd.c b/components/vfs/test/test_vfs_fd.c
index 65ef52cf08..4835dfc9f8 100644
--- a/components/vfs/test/test_vfs_fd.c
+++ b/components/vfs/test/test_vfs_fd.c
@@ -1,16 +1,8 @@
-// Copyright 2015-2017 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) PTE LTD
-//
-// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-// You may obtain a copy of the License at
-//
-//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-//
-// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-// limitations under the License.
+/*
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2015-2022 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ */
 
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <string.h>
@@ -266,3 +258,33 @@ TEST_CASE("Open & write & close through VFS passes performance test", "[vfs]")
 #endif
 
 }
+
+static int vfs_overlap_test_open(const char * path, int flags, int mode)
+{
+    return 0;
+}
+
+static int vfs_overlap_test_close(int fd)
+{
+    return 0;
+}
+
+
+TEST_CASE("esp_vfs_register_fd_range checks for overlap", "[vfs]")
+{
+    esp_vfs_t vfs1 = {
+        .open = vfs_overlap_test_open,
+        .close = vfs_overlap_test_close
+    };
+
+
+    TEST_ESP_OK(esp_vfs_register("/test", &vfs1, NULL));
+    int fd = open("/test/1", 0, 0);
+    TEST_ASSERT_NOT_EQUAL(-1, fd);
+    esp_vfs_t vfs2 = { };
+    esp_err_t err = esp_vfs_register_fd_range(&vfs2, NULL, fd, fd + 1);
+    close(fd);
+
+    TEST_ESP_OK(esp_vfs_unregister("/test"));
+    TEST_ESP_ERR(ESP_ERR_INVALID_ARG, err);
+}
diff --git a/components/vfs/vfs.c b/components/vfs/vfs.c
index 9adafe2208..9ca3689d26 100644
--- a/components/vfs/vfs.c
+++ b/components/vfs/vfs.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2015-2021 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2015-2022 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
  */
@@ -127,8 +127,8 @@ esp_err_t esp_vfs_register_fd_range(const esp_vfs_t *vfs, void *ctx, int min_fd,
         _lock_acquire(&s_fd_table_lock);
         for (int i = min_fd; i < max_fd; ++i) {
             if (s_fd_table[i].vfs_index != -1) {
-                free(s_vfs[i]);
-                s_vfs[i] = NULL;
+                free(s_vfs[index]);
+                s_vfs[index] = NULL;
                 for (int j = min_fd; j < i; ++j) {
                     if (s_fd_table[j].vfs_index == index) {
                         s_fd_table[j] = FD_TABLE_ENTRY_UNUSED;
@@ -143,9 +143,9 @@ esp_err_t esp_vfs_register_fd_range(const esp_vfs_t *vfs, void *ctx, int min_fd,
             s_fd_table[i].local_fd = i;
         }
         _lock_release(&s_fd_table_lock);
-    }
 
-    ESP_LOGD(TAG, "esp_vfs_register_fd_range is successful for range <%d; %d) and VFS ID %d", min_fd, max_fd, index);
+        ESP_LOGW(TAG, "esp_vfs_register_fd_range is successful for range <%d; %d) and VFS ID %d", min_fd, max_fd, index);
+    }
 
     return ret;
 }
diff --git a/tools/ci/check_copyright_ignore.txt b/tools/ci/check_copyright_ignore.txt
index 6bbe9dd8c8..3a981d7bbd 100644
--- a/tools/ci/check_copyright_ignore.txt
+++ b/tools/ci/check_copyright_ignore.txt
@@ -2089,7 +2089,6 @@ components/vfs/include/esp_vfs_eventfd.h
 components/vfs/include/esp_vfs_semihost.h
 components/vfs/test/test_vfs_access.c
 components/vfs/test/test_vfs_append.c
-components/vfs/test/test_vfs_fd.c
 components/vfs/test/test_vfs_lwip.c
 components/vfs/test/test_vfs_paths.c
 components/vfs/test/test_vfs_select.c