diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifsglob.h b/fs/cifs/cifsglob.h
index b746dec88396e840cef1d847ecaeba00ecb149f0..9f99afab9a04692f05afe843959b893639c2cd42 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/cifsglob.h
+++ b/fs/cifs/cifsglob.h
@@ -388,7 +388,6 @@ struct cifsFileInfo {
 	__u16 netfid;		/* file id from remote */
 	/* BB add lock scope info here if needed */ ;
 	/* lock scope id (0 if none) */
-	struct file *pfile; /* needed for writepage */
 	struct dentry *dentry;
 	unsigned int f_flags;
 	struct tcon_link *tlink;
diff --git a/fs/cifs/dir.c b/fs/cifs/dir.c
index 3c23d882a44c3ec2abade234a9962b6fd9e28456..600eac18cb21242bffd599fe106fa0adb971c2f0 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/dir.c
@@ -148,7 +148,6 @@ cifs_new_fileinfo(__u16 fileHandle, struct file *file,
 	pCifsFile->uid = current_fsuid();
 	pCifsFile->dentry = dget(dentry);
 	pCifsFile->f_flags = file->f_flags;
-	pCifsFile->pfile = file;
 	pCifsFile->invalidHandle = false;
 	pCifsFile->closePend = false;
 	pCifsFile->tlink = cifs_get_tlink(tlink);
diff --git a/fs/cifs/file.c b/fs/cifs/file.c
index d5f3007364e39c7444a56f58d764d68aa62f39ff..7935816fa1115d9ce4be3809c2289cf0b36dc311 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/file.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/file.c
@@ -1144,8 +1144,7 @@ struct cifsFileInfo *find_readable_file(struct cifsInodeInfo *cifs_inode,
 			continue;
 		if (fsuid_only && open_file->uid != current_fsuid())
 			continue;
-		if (open_file->pfile && ((open_file->pfile->f_flags & O_RDWR) ||
-		    (open_file->pfile->f_flags & O_RDONLY))) {
+		if (OPEN_FMODE(open_file->f_flags) & FMODE_READ) {
 			if (!open_file->invalidHandle) {
 				/* found a good file */
 				/* lock it so it will not be closed on us */
@@ -1194,9 +1193,7 @@ struct cifsFileInfo *find_writable_file(struct cifsInodeInfo *cifs_inode,
 			continue;
 		if (fsuid_only && open_file->uid != current_fsuid())
 			continue;
-		if (open_file->pfile &&
-		    ((open_file->pfile->f_flags & O_RDWR) ||
-		     (open_file->pfile->f_flags & O_WRONLY))) {
+		if (OPEN_FMODE(open_file->f_flags) & FMODE_WRITE) {
 			cifsFileInfo_get(open_file);
 
 			if (!open_file->invalidHandle) {
@@ -2160,9 +2157,7 @@ static int is_inode_writable(struct cifsInodeInfo *cifs_inode)
 	list_for_each_entry(open_file, &cifs_inode->openFileList, flist) {
 		if (open_file->closePend)
 			continue;
-		if (open_file->pfile &&
-		    ((open_file->pfile->f_flags & O_RDWR) ||
-		     (open_file->pfile->f_flags & O_WRONLY))) {
+		if (OPEN_FMODE(open_file->f_flags) & FMODE_WRITE) {
 			read_unlock(&GlobalSMBSeslock);
 			return 1;
 		}