1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify_user.c b/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify_user.c
index 721d692fa8d4..6fcaeb8c902e 100644
--- a/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify_user.c
+++ b/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify_user.c
@@ -258,7 +258,8 @@ static ssize_t copy_event_to_user(struct fsnotify_group *group,
         if (ret)
                 goto out_close_fd;
 
-        fd_install(fd, f);
+        if (fd != FAN_NOFD)
+                fd_install(fd, f);
         return fanotify_event_metadata.event_len;
 
 out_close_fd: