diff --git a/arch/powerpc/oprofile/cell/spu_task_sync.c b/arch/powerpc/oprofile/cell/spu_task_sync.c
index 1c27831df1ac4b70cc24c680b2e7f432bf20e945..ed7b0977072adedde84af9bf72577ace97a5f143 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/oprofile/cell/spu_task_sync.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/oprofile/cell/spu_task_sync.c
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 #include <linux/kref.h>
 #include <linux/mm.h>
 #include <linux/fs.h>
+#include <linux/file.h>
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/notifier.h>
 #include <linux/numa.h>
@@ -322,18 +323,20 @@ get_exec_dcookie_and_offset(struct spu *spu, unsigned int *offsetp,
 	unsigned long app_cookie = 0;
 	unsigned int my_offset = 0;
 	struct vm_area_struct *vma;
+	struct file *exe_file;
 	struct mm_struct *mm = spu->mm;
 
 	if (!mm)
 		goto out;
 
-	down_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
-
-	if (mm->exe_file) {
-		app_cookie = fast_get_dcookie(&mm->exe_file->f_path);
-		pr_debug("got dcookie for %pD\n", mm->exe_file);
+	exe_file = get_mm_exe_file(mm);
+	if (exe_file) {
+		app_cookie = fast_get_dcookie(&exe_file->f_path);
+		pr_debug("got dcookie for %pD\n", exe_file);
+		fput(exe_file);
 	}
 
+	down_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
 	for (vma = mm->mmap; vma; vma = vma->vm_next) {
 		if (vma->vm_start > spu_ref || vma->vm_end <= spu_ref)
 			continue;