diff --git a/fs/proc/fd.c b/fs/proc/fd.c
index 172c86270b31..913bef0d2a36 100644
--- a/fs/proc/fd.c
+++ b/fs/proc/fd.c
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ out:
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int seq_fdinfo_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
+static int proc_fdinfo_access_allowed(struct inode *inode)
 {
 	bool allowed = false;
 	struct task_struct *task = get_proc_task(inode);
@@ -86,6 +86,16 @@ static int seq_fdinfo_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 	if (!allowed)
 		return -EACCES;
 
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int seq_fdinfo_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
+{
+	int ret = proc_fdinfo_access_allowed(inode);
+
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
 	return single_open(file, seq_show, inode);
 }
 
@@ -348,12 +358,23 @@ static int proc_readfdinfo(struct file *file, struct dir_context *ctx)
 				  proc_fdinfo_instantiate);
 }
 
+static int proc_open_fdinfo(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
+{
+	int ret = proc_fdinfo_access_allowed(inode);
+
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 const struct inode_operations proc_fdinfo_inode_operations = {
 	.lookup		= proc_lookupfdinfo,
 	.setattr	= proc_setattr,
 };
 
 const struct file_operations proc_fdinfo_operations = {
+	.open		= proc_open_fdinfo,
 	.read		= generic_read_dir,
 	.iterate_shared	= proc_readfdinfo,
 	.llseek		= generic_file_llseek,