diff --git a/fs/open.c b/fs/open.c
index 1574d8fe4909de63baf93d6129ace8a2f990a94c..304c1c7814cbacfec0695e8714c5557ea8ee0e9b 100644
--- a/fs/open.c
+++ b/fs/open.c
@@ -1173,6 +1173,7 @@ asmlinkage long sys_close(unsigned int fd)
 	struct file * filp;
 	struct files_struct *files = current->files;
 	struct fdtable *fdt;
+	int retval;
 
 	spin_lock(&files->file_lock);
 	fdt = files_fdtable(files);
@@ -1185,7 +1186,16 @@ asmlinkage long sys_close(unsigned int fd)
 	FD_CLR(fd, fdt->close_on_exec);
 	__put_unused_fd(files, fd);
 	spin_unlock(&files->file_lock);
-	return filp_close(filp, files);
+	retval = filp_close(filp, files);
+
+	/* can't restart close syscall because file table entry was cleared */
+	if (unlikely(retval == -ERESTARTSYS ||
+		     retval == -ERESTARTNOINTR ||
+		     retval == -ERESTARTNOHAND ||
+		     retval == -ERESTART_RESTARTBLOCK))
+		retval = -EINTR;
+
+	return retval;
 
 out_unlock:
 	spin_unlock(&files->file_lock);