diff --git a/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c b/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
index 3c88abb0e2654e495950a9c9e76583c5b46eba4d..3494f2f44167c40bd2b4356219ef86f62418b75c 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
@@ -2350,7 +2350,7 @@ static noinline long btrfs_ioctl_clone(struct file *file, unsigned long srcfd,
 	struct btrfs_key key;
 	u32 nritems;
 	int slot;
-	int ret;
+	int ret, fput_needed;
 	u64 len = olen;
 	u64 bs = root->fs_info->sb->s_blocksize;
 	u64 hint_byte;
@@ -2376,7 +2376,7 @@ static noinline long btrfs_ioctl_clone(struct file *file, unsigned long srcfd,
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
-	src_file = fget(srcfd);
+	src_file = fget_light(srcfd, &fput_needed);
 	if (!src_file) {
 		ret = -EBADF;
 		goto out_drop_write;
@@ -2724,7 +2724,7 @@ static noinline long btrfs_ioctl_clone(struct file *file, unsigned long srcfd,
 	vfree(buf);
 	btrfs_free_path(path);
 out_fput:
-	fput(src_file);
+	fput_light(src_file, fput_needed);
 out_drop_write:
 	mnt_drop_write_file(file);
 	return ret;