diff --git a/fs/file.c b/fs/file.c
index 045a29e55c3d4ecadfd812254153155896f0dc5a..f1b6faa87e3d389957d66e753b713ddba7323822 100644
--- a/fs/file.c
+++ b/fs/file.c
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@
 #include <linux/close_range.h>
 #include <net/sock.h>
 
+#include "internal.h"
+
 unsigned int sysctl_nr_open __read_mostly = 1024*1024;
 unsigned int sysctl_nr_open_min = BITS_PER_LONG;
 /* our min() is unusable in constant expressions ;-/ */
@@ -829,36 +831,48 @@ int __close_range(unsigned fd, unsigned max_fd, unsigned int flags)
 }
 
 /*
- * variant of close_fd that gets a ref on the file for later fput.
- * The caller must ensure that filp_close() called on the file, and then
- * an fput().
+ * See close_fd_get_file() below, this variant assumes current->files->file_lock
+ * is held.
  */
-int close_fd_get_file(unsigned int fd, struct file **res)
+int __close_fd_get_file(unsigned int fd, struct file **res)
 {
 	struct files_struct *files = current->files;
 	struct file *file;
 	struct fdtable *fdt;
 
-	spin_lock(&files->file_lock);
 	fdt = files_fdtable(files);
 	if (fd >= fdt->max_fds)
-		goto out_unlock;
+		goto out_err;
 	file = fdt->fd[fd];
 	if (!file)
-		goto out_unlock;
+		goto out_err;
 	rcu_assign_pointer(fdt->fd[fd], NULL);
 	__put_unused_fd(files, fd);
-	spin_unlock(&files->file_lock);
 	get_file(file);
 	*res = file;
 	return 0;
-
-out_unlock:
-	spin_unlock(&files->file_lock);
+out_err:
 	*res = NULL;
 	return -ENOENT;
 }
 
+/*
+ * variant of close_fd that gets a ref on the file for later fput.
+ * The caller must ensure that filp_close() called on the file, and then
+ * an fput().
+ */
+int close_fd_get_file(unsigned int fd, struct file **res)
+{
+	struct files_struct *files = current->files;
+	int ret;
+
+	spin_lock(&files->file_lock);
+	ret = __close_fd_get_file(fd, res);
+	spin_unlock(&files->file_lock);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
 void do_close_on_exec(struct files_struct *files)
 {
 	unsigned i;
diff --git a/fs/internal.h b/fs/internal.h
index c42ef7307345d60b495833dee1d97620c7cfe6d2..572ab0f26b67ddced08caf1212850597a1966aa1 100644
--- a/fs/internal.h
+++ b/fs/internal.h
@@ -134,6 +134,7 @@ extern struct file *do_file_open_root(const struct path *,
 		const char *, const struct open_flags *);
 extern struct open_how build_open_how(int flags, umode_t mode);
 extern int build_open_flags(const struct open_how *how, struct open_flags *op);
+extern int __close_fd_get_file(unsigned int fd, struct file **res);
 
 long do_sys_ftruncate(unsigned int fd, loff_t length, int small);
 int chmod_common(const struct path *path, umode_t mode);