diff --git a/fs/proc/base.c b/fs/proc/base.c
index 1c8b280146d7a0956dddd1f06e431f49671bd269..7d6ad98631f264cd7964b12fdba455febe3d94b0 100644
--- a/fs/proc/base.c
+++ b/fs/proc/base.c
@@ -1799,10 +1799,15 @@ static int tid_fd_revalidate(struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd)
 	if (task) {
 		files = get_files_struct(task);
 		if (files) {
+			struct file *file;
 			rcu_read_lock();
-			if (fcheck_files(files, fd)) {
+			file = fcheck_files(files, fd);
+			if (file) {
+				unsigned i_mode, f_mode = file->f_mode;
+
 				rcu_read_unlock();
 				put_files_struct(files);
+
 				if (task_dumpable(task)) {
 					rcu_read_lock();
 					cred = __task_cred(task);
@@ -1813,7 +1818,14 @@ static int tid_fd_revalidate(struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd)
 					inode->i_uid = 0;
 					inode->i_gid = 0;
 				}
-				inode->i_mode &= ~(S_ISUID | S_ISGID);
+
+				i_mode = S_IFLNK;
+				if (f_mode & FMODE_READ)
+					i_mode |= S_IRUSR | S_IXUSR;
+				if (f_mode & FMODE_WRITE)
+					i_mode |= S_IWUSR | S_IXUSR;
+				inode->i_mode = i_mode;
+
 				security_task_to_inode(task, inode);
 				put_task_struct(task);
 				return 1;
@@ -1837,8 +1849,6 @@ static struct dentry *proc_fd_instantiate(struct inode *dir,
 	struct dentry *dentry, struct task_struct *task, const void *ptr)
 {
 	unsigned fd = *(const unsigned *)ptr;
-	struct file *file;
-	struct files_struct *files;
  	struct inode *inode;
  	struct proc_inode *ei;
 	struct dentry *error = ERR_PTR(-ENOENT);
@@ -1848,25 +1858,6 @@ static struct dentry *proc_fd_instantiate(struct inode *dir,
 		goto out;
 	ei = PROC_I(inode);
 	ei->fd = fd;
-	files = get_files_struct(task);
-	if (!files)
-		goto out_iput;
-	inode->i_mode = S_IFLNK;
-
-	/*
-	 * We are not taking a ref to the file structure, so we must
-	 * hold ->file_lock.
-	 */
-	spin_lock(&files->file_lock);
-	file = fcheck_files(files, fd);
-	if (!file)
-		goto out_unlock;
-	if (file->f_mode & FMODE_READ)
-		inode->i_mode |= S_IRUSR | S_IXUSR;
-	if (file->f_mode & FMODE_WRITE)
-		inode->i_mode |= S_IWUSR | S_IXUSR;
-	spin_unlock(&files->file_lock);
-	put_files_struct(files);
 
 	inode->i_op = &proc_pid_link_inode_operations;
 	inode->i_size = 64;
@@ -1879,12 +1870,6 @@ static struct dentry *proc_fd_instantiate(struct inode *dir,
 
  out:
 	return error;
-out_unlock:
-	spin_unlock(&files->file_lock);
-	put_files_struct(files);
-out_iput:
-	iput(inode);
-	goto out;
 }
 
 static struct dentry *proc_lookupfd_common(struct inode *dir,