diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/nandsim.c b/drivers/mtd/nand/nandsim.c
index 42e8a770e631c6eb4f98658cd9cef88d08ca1350..4f0d83648e5a5ad9f5f0260e21b01067f81099be 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/nand/nandsim.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/nandsim.c
@@ -575,12 +575,12 @@ static int alloc_device(struct nandsim *ns)
 		cfile = filp_open(cache_file, O_CREAT | O_RDWR | O_LARGEFILE, 0600);
 		if (IS_ERR(cfile))
 			return PTR_ERR(cfile);
-		if (!cfile->f_op->read && !cfile->f_op->aio_read) {
+		if (!(cfile->f_mode & FMODE_CAN_READ)) {
 			NS_ERR("alloc_device: cache file not readable\n");
 			err = -EINVAL;
 			goto err_close;
 		}
-		if (!cfile->f_op->write && !cfile->f_op->aio_write) {
+		if (!(cfile->f_mode & FMODE_CAN_WRITE)) {
 			NS_ERR("alloc_device: cache file not writeable\n");
 			err = -EINVAL;
 			goto err_close;
diff --git a/drivers/usb/gadget/storage_common.c b/drivers/usb/gadget/storage_common.c
index ec20a1f50c2d702e56f6e6a79f03485607a36189..a8898df131ed5b4abdf37adb8784645e88840381 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/gadget/storage_common.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/gadget/storage_common.c
@@ -220,11 +220,11 @@ int fsg_lun_open(struct fsg_lun *curlun, const char *filename)
 	 * If we can't read the file, it's no good.
 	 * If we can't write the file, use it read-only.
 	 */
-	if (!(filp->f_op->read || filp->f_op->aio_read)) {
+	if (!(filp->f_mode & FMODE_CAN_READ)) {
 		LINFO(curlun, "file not readable: %s\n", filename);
 		goto out;
 	}
-	if (!(filp->f_op->write || filp->f_op->aio_write))
+	if (!(filp->f_mode & FMODE_CAN_WRITE))
 		ro = 1;
 
 	size = i_size_read(inode->i_mapping->host);
diff --git a/fs/file_table.c b/fs/file_table.c
index a374f5033e97bab814977f8375f5c8cb1c899228..be73cbc48c12b07e5a4feb8bd243d013404d56e3 100644
--- a/fs/file_table.c
+++ b/fs/file_table.c
@@ -175,6 +175,10 @@ struct file *alloc_file(struct path *path, fmode_t mode,
 	file->f_path = *path;
 	file->f_inode = path->dentry->d_inode;
 	file->f_mapping = path->dentry->d_inode->i_mapping;
+	if ((mode & FMODE_READ) && likely(fop->read || fop->aio_read))
+		mode |= FMODE_CAN_READ;
+	if ((mode & FMODE_WRITE) && likely(fop->write || fop->aio_write))
+		mode |= FMODE_CAN_WRITE;
 	file->f_mode = mode;
 	file->f_op = fop;
 	if ((mode & (FMODE_READ | FMODE_WRITE)) == FMODE_READ)
diff --git a/fs/open.c b/fs/open.c
index 9d64679cec73b00fc4685e23d69374ca122fed09..39d3d0468ee649610cee9f3029f70d63d19fe591 100644
--- a/fs/open.c
+++ b/fs/open.c
@@ -725,6 +725,10 @@ static int do_dentry_open(struct file *f,
 	}
 	if ((f->f_mode & (FMODE_READ | FMODE_WRITE)) == FMODE_READ)
 		i_readcount_inc(inode);
+	if ((f->f_mode & FMODE_READ) && likely(f->f_op->read || f->f_op->aio_read))
+		f->f_mode |= FMODE_CAN_READ;
+	if ((f->f_mode & FMODE_WRITE) && likely(f->f_op->write || f->f_op->aio_write))
+		f->f_mode |= FMODE_CAN_WRITE;
 
 	f->f_flags &= ~(O_CREAT | O_EXCL | O_NOCTTY | O_TRUNC);
 
diff --git a/fs/read_write.c b/fs/read_write.c
index 31c6efa431839e41f4b39b314cb640dd89b68ecc..d29d2a361d2c2c46ef5efd90300363d1fbe2bae2 100644
--- a/fs/read_write.c
+++ b/fs/read_write.c
@@ -396,7 +396,7 @@ ssize_t vfs_read(struct file *file, char __user *buf, size_t count, loff_t *pos)
 
 	if (!(file->f_mode & FMODE_READ))
 		return -EBADF;
-	if (!file->f_op->read && !file->f_op->aio_read)
+	if (!(file->f_mode & FMODE_CAN_READ))
 		return -EINVAL;
 	if (unlikely(!access_ok(VERIFY_WRITE, buf, count)))
 		return -EFAULT;
@@ -445,7 +445,7 @@ ssize_t __kernel_write(struct file *file, const char *buf, size_t count, loff_t
 	const char __user *p;
 	ssize_t ret;
 
-	if (!file->f_op->write && !file->f_op->aio_write)
+	if (!(file->f_mode & FMODE_CAN_WRITE))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	old_fs = get_fs();
@@ -472,7 +472,7 @@ ssize_t vfs_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buf, size_t count, loff_
 
 	if (!(file->f_mode & FMODE_WRITE))
 		return -EBADF;
-	if (!file->f_op->write && !file->f_op->aio_write)
+	if (!(file->f_mode & FMODE_CAN_WRITE))
 		return -EINVAL;
 	if (unlikely(!access_ok(VERIFY_READ, buf, count)))
 		return -EFAULT;
@@ -785,7 +785,7 @@ ssize_t vfs_readv(struct file *file, const struct iovec __user *vec,
 {
 	if (!(file->f_mode & FMODE_READ))
 		return -EBADF;
-	if (!file->f_op->aio_read && !file->f_op->read)
+	if (!(file->f_mode & FMODE_CAN_READ))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	return do_readv_writev(READ, file, vec, vlen, pos);
@@ -798,7 +798,7 @@ ssize_t vfs_writev(struct file *file, const struct iovec __user *vec,
 {
 	if (!(file->f_mode & FMODE_WRITE))
 		return -EBADF;
-	if (!file->f_op->aio_write && !file->f_op->write)
+	if (!(file->f_mode & FMODE_CAN_WRITE))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	return do_readv_writev(WRITE, file, vec, vlen, pos);
@@ -964,7 +964,7 @@ static size_t compat_readv(struct file *file,
 		goto out;
 
 	ret = -EINVAL;
-	if (!file->f_op->aio_read && !file->f_op->read)
+	if (!(file->f_mode & FMODE_CAN_READ))
 		goto out;
 
 	ret = compat_do_readv_writev(READ, file, vec, vlen, pos);
@@ -1041,7 +1041,7 @@ static size_t compat_writev(struct file *file,
 		goto out;
 
 	ret = -EINVAL;
-	if (!file->f_op->aio_write && !file->f_op->write)
+	if (!(file->f_mode & FMODE_CAN_WRITE))
 		goto out;
 
 	ret = compat_do_readv_writev(WRITE, file, vec, vlen, pos);
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index 8153396d19b497ebd5f0316b3ccaa71b913495b1..75eb71357adf923b35da1fa4df0d1718e1e801b3 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -128,6 +128,10 @@ typedef void (dio_iodone_t)(struct kiocb *iocb, loff_t offset,
 #define FMODE_ATOMIC_POS	((__force fmode_t)0x8000)
 /* Write access to underlying fs */
 #define FMODE_WRITER		((__force fmode_t)0x10000)
+/* Has read method(s) */
+#define FMODE_CAN_READ          ((__force fmode_t)0x20000)
+/* Has write method(s) */
+#define FMODE_CAN_WRITE         ((__force fmode_t)0x40000)
 
 /* File was opened by fanotify and shouldn't generate fanotify events */
 #define FMODE_NONOTIFY		((__force fmode_t)0x1000000)