1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify_user.c b/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify_user.c
index 9fe760baf69f..84d3e2047de3 100644
--- a/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify_user.c
+++ b/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify_user.c
@@ -463,8 +463,6 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE3(fanotify_init, unsigned int, flags, unsigned int, event_f_flags,
 
         if (event_f_flags)
                 return -EINVAL;
-        if (priority)
-                return -EINVAL;
 
         if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
                 return -EACCES;
@@ -483,6 +481,8 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE3(fanotify_init, unsigned int, flags, unsigned int, event_f_flags,
         if (IS_ERR(group))
                 return PTR_ERR(group);
 
+        group->priority = priority;
+
         fd = anon_inode_getfd("[fanotify]", &fanotify_fops, group, f_flags);
         if (fd < 0)
                 goto out_put_group;