diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index 929f535fb225944e11f76c0587f58e1c540f5b49..e645e307036057e678d0d245bccf8e2d653cbf9a 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -434,8 +434,12 @@ static int exec_permission_lite(struct inode *inode)
 {
 	umode_t	mode = inode->i_mode;
 
-	if (inode->i_op->permission)
-		return inode_permission(inode, MAY_EXEC);
+	if (inode->i_op->permission) {
+		int ret = inode->i_op->permission(inode, MAY_EXEC);
+		if (!ret)
+			goto ok;
+		return ret;
+	}
 
 	if (current_fsuid() == inode->i_uid)
 		mode >>= 6;