diff --git a/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify_user.c b/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify_user.c
index 721d692fa8d4a20dd5bf593d3f732d8b3f913261..6fcaeb8c902e4c3bc862c6c81db0a884068274b7 100644
--- a/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify_user.c
+++ b/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify_user.c
@@ -258,7 +258,8 @@ static ssize_t copy_event_to_user(struct fsnotify_group *group,
 	if (ret)
 		goto out_close_fd;
 
-	fd_install(fd, f);
+	if (fd != FAN_NOFD)
+		fd_install(fd, f);
 	return fanotify_event_metadata.event_len;
 
 out_close_fd: