diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmfmac/dhd_linux.c b/drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmfmac/dhd_linux.c
index 8933f9b31a9a64a7c2c3f5428aba47a4e85d88d5..ae00e800f5e8293930d2bdf6ed984fde3e319ceb 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmfmac/dhd_linux.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmfmac/dhd_linux.c
@@ -1182,7 +1182,7 @@ int brcmf_write_to_file(struct brcmf_pub *drvr, const u8 *buf, int size)
 	kfree(buf);
 	/* close file before return */
 	if (fp)
-		filp_close(fp, current->files);
+		filp_close(fp, NULL);
 	/* restore previous address limit */
 	set_fs(old_fs);