1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/fs/autofs4/autofs_i.h b/fs/autofs4/autofs_i.h
index 8e98cf954bab..d10e619632ab 100644
--- a/fs/autofs4/autofs_i.h
+++ b/fs/autofs4/autofs_i.h
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ void autofs4_clean_ino(struct autofs_info *);
 
 static inline int autofs_prepare_pipe(struct file *pipe)
 {
-        if (!pipe->f_op->write)
+        if (!(pipe->f_mode & FMODE_CAN_WRITE))
                 return -EINVAL;
         if (!S_ISFIFO(file_inode(pipe)->i_mode))
                 return -EINVAL;