diff --git a/fs/stat.c b/fs/stat.c
index c733dc5753aea129a1e5deb76bf48d0cb640d6e3..88b36c7707627b06f1ef74b275254ca64b1bbffe 100644
--- a/fs/stat.c
+++ b/fs/stat.c
@@ -57,12 +57,13 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(vfs_getattr);
 
 int vfs_fstat(unsigned int fd, struct kstat *stat)
 {
-	struct file *f = fget(fd);
+	int fput_needed;
+	struct file *f = fget_light(fd, &fput_needed);
 	int error = -EBADF;
 
 	if (f) {
 		error = vfs_getattr(f->f_path.mnt, f->f_path.dentry, stat);
-		fput(f);
+		fput_light(f, fput_needed);
 	}
 	return error;
 }