diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/files.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/files.rst
index cbf8e57376bf681ee697c2499726fb946d2dd8ca..ea75acdb632c045fc6d9012e2264a699fed9e7f2 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/files.rst
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/files.rst
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ the fdtable structure -
    be held.
 
 4. To look up the file structure given an fd, a reader
-   must use either fcheck() or fcheck_files() APIs. These
+   must use either fcheck() or files_lookup_fd_rcu() APIs. These
    take care of barrier requirements due to lock-free lookup.
 
    An example::
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ the fdtable structure -
    on ->f_count::
 
 	rcu_read_lock();
-	file = fcheck_files(files, fd);
+	file = files_lookup_fd_rcu(files, fd);
 	if (file) {
 		if (atomic_long_inc_not_zero(&file->f_count))
 			*fput_needed = 1;
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ the fdtable structure -
    lock-free, they must be installed using rcu_assign_pointer()
    API. If they are looked up lock-free, rcu_dereference()
    must be used. However it is advisable to use files_fdtable()
-   and fcheck()/fcheck_files() which take care of these issues.
+   and fcheck()/files_lookup_fd_rcu() which take care of these issues.
 
 7. While updating, the fdtable pointer must be looked up while
    holding files->file_lock. If ->file_lock is dropped, then
diff --git a/fs/file.c b/fs/file.c
index 9d0e91168be185ecd2a05b3fcc581edd674e604f..5861c4f894195ce8fb3334fd15b38475dd688aef 100644
--- a/fs/file.c
+++ b/fs/file.c
@@ -814,7 +814,7 @@ static struct file *__fget_files(struct files_struct *files, unsigned int fd,
 
 	rcu_read_lock();
 loop:
-	file = fcheck_files(files, fd);
+	file = files_lookup_fd_rcu(files, fd);
 	if (file) {
 		/* File object ref couldn't be taken.
 		 * dup2() atomicity guarantee is the reason
@@ -1127,7 +1127,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE2(dup2, unsigned int, oldfd, unsigned int, newfd)
 		int retval = oldfd;
 
 		rcu_read_lock();
-		if (!fcheck_files(files, oldfd))
+		if (!files_lookup_fd_rcu(files, oldfd))
 			retval = -EBADF;
 		rcu_read_unlock();
 		return retval;
diff --git a/fs/proc/fd.c b/fs/proc/fd.c
index 2cca9bca3b3a3ff110e856368bbaa764fc0b2587..3dec44d7c5c5c499a90dc3423e328889ecb900e5 100644
--- a/fs/proc/fd.c
+++ b/fs/proc/fd.c
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ static bool tid_fd_mode(struct task_struct *task, unsigned fd, fmode_t *mode)
 		return false;
 
 	rcu_read_lock();
-	file = fcheck_files(files, fd);
+	file = files_lookup_fd_rcu(files, fd);
 	if (file)
 		*mode = file->f_mode;
 	rcu_read_unlock();
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ static int proc_readfd_common(struct file *file, struct dir_context *ctx,
 		char name[10 + 1];
 		unsigned int len;
 
-		f = fcheck_files(files, fd);
+		f = files_lookup_fd_rcu(files, fd);
 		if (!f)
 			continue;
 		data.mode = f->f_mode;
diff --git a/include/linux/fdtable.h b/include/linux/fdtable.h
index fda4b81dd735ba8dbc6b97f6231d7af3047820ec..fa8c402a77901d639647c455ee0dbb1b6c40cb3d 100644
--- a/include/linux/fdtable.h
+++ b/include/linux/fdtable.h
@@ -98,10 +98,9 @@ static inline struct file *files_lookup_fd_locked(struct files_struct *files, un
 	return files_lookup_fd_raw(files, fd);
 }
 
-static inline struct file *fcheck_files(struct files_struct *files, unsigned int fd)
+static inline struct file *files_lookup_fd_rcu(struct files_struct *files, unsigned int fd)
 {
-	RCU_LOCKDEP_WARN(!rcu_read_lock_held() &&
-			   !lockdep_is_held(&files->file_lock),
+	RCU_LOCKDEP_WARN(!rcu_read_lock_held(),
 			   "suspicious rcu_dereference_check() usage");
 	return files_lookup_fd_raw(files, fd);
 }
@@ -109,7 +108,7 @@ static inline struct file *fcheck_files(struct files_struct *files, unsigned int
 /*
  * Check whether the specified fd has an open file.
  */
-#define fcheck(fd)	fcheck_files(current->files, fd)
+#define fcheck(fd)	files_lookup_fd_rcu(current->files, fd)
 
 struct task_struct;
 
diff --git a/kernel/bpf/task_iter.c b/kernel/bpf/task_iter.c
index 5b6af30bfbcd887a09c3ebc8762589f138c12e8f..5ab2ccfb96cbec139b75ecac37ccc6ceed317f2e 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/task_iter.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/task_iter.c
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ task_file_seq_get_next(struct bpf_iter_seq_task_file_info *info,
 	for (; curr_fd < max_fds; curr_fd++) {
 		struct file *f;
 
-		f = fcheck_files(curr_files, curr_fd);
+		f = files_lookup_fd_rcu(curr_files, curr_fd);
 		if (!f)
 			continue;
 		if (!get_file_rcu(f))
diff --git a/kernel/kcmp.c b/kernel/kcmp.c
index 87c48c0104adef088693183ec65db55050815189..990717c1aed331c575815df3fd4e8ba28e79b3d5 100644
--- a/kernel/kcmp.c
+++ b/kernel/kcmp.c
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ get_file_raw_ptr(struct task_struct *task, unsigned int idx)
 	rcu_read_lock();
 
 	if (task->files)
-		file = fcheck_files(task->files, idx);
+		file = files_lookup_fd_rcu(task->files, idx);
 
 	rcu_read_unlock();
 	task_unlock(task);