1 files changed, 2 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/sysctl_binary.c b/kernel/sysctl_binary.c
index 8f5d16e0707a..8cd50d8f9bde 100644
--- a/kernel/sysctl_binary.c
+++ b/kernel/sysctl_binary.c
@@ -1331,7 +1331,7 @@ static ssize_t binary_sysctl(const int *name, int nlen,
         ssize_t result;
         char *pathname;
         int flags;
-        int acc_mode, fmode;
+        int acc_mode;
 
         pathname = sysctl_getname(name, nlen, &table);
         result = PTR_ERR(pathname);
@@ -1342,15 +1342,12 @@ static ssize_t binary_sysctl(const int *name, int nlen,
         if (oldval && oldlen && newval && newlen) {
                 flags = O_RDWR;
                 acc_mode = MAY_READ | MAY_WRITE;
-                fmode = FMODE_READ | FMODE_WRITE;
         } else if (newval && newlen) {
                 flags = O_WRONLY;
                 acc_mode = MAY_WRITE;
-                fmode = FMODE_WRITE;
         } else if (oldval && oldlen) {
                 flags = O_RDONLY;
                 acc_mode = MAY_READ;
-                fmode = FMODE_READ;
         } else {
                 result = 0;
                 goto out_putname;
@@ -1361,7 +1358,7 @@ static ssize_t binary_sysctl(const int *name, int nlen,
         if (result)
                 goto out_putname;
 
-        result = may_open(&nd.path, acc_mode, fmode);
+        result = may_open(&nd.path, acc_mode, flags);
         if (result)
                 goto out_putpath;