1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/fs/read_write.c b/fs/read_write.c
index 6256ca81a718..5bc0e9234f9d 100644
--- a/fs/read_write.c
+++ b/fs/read_write.c
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ int rw_verify_area(int read_write, struct file *file, loff_t *ppos, size_t count
                 goto Einval;
 
         inode = file->f_dentry->d_inode;
-        if (inode->i_flock && MANDATORY_LOCK(inode)) {
+        if (unlikely(inode->i_flock && MANDATORY_LOCK(inode))) {
                 int retval = locks_mandatory_area(
                         read_write == READ ? FLOCK_VERIFY_READ : FLOCK_VERIFY_WRITE,
                         inode, file, pos, count);