diff --git a/fs/file.c b/fs/file.c
index a80deabe7f7d..9e2b171b9252 100644
--- a/fs/file.c
+++ b/fs/file.c
@@ -567,9 +567,9 @@ out:
 	return error;
 }
 
-static int alloc_fd(unsigned start, unsigned flags)
+static int alloc_fd(unsigned start, unsigned end, unsigned flags)
 {
-	return __alloc_fd(current->files, start, rlimit(RLIMIT_NOFILE), flags);
+	return __alloc_fd(current->files, start, end, flags);
 }
 
 int __get_unused_fd_flags(unsigned flags, unsigned long nofile)
@@ -1235,10 +1235,11 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE1(dup, unsigned int, fildes)
 
 int f_dupfd(unsigned int from, struct file *file, unsigned flags)
 {
+	unsigned long nofile = rlimit(RLIMIT_NOFILE);
 	int err;
-	if (from >= rlimit(RLIMIT_NOFILE))
+	if (from >= nofile)
 		return -EINVAL;
-	err = alloc_fd(from, flags);
+	err = alloc_fd(from, nofile, flags);
 	if (err >= 0) {
 		get_file(file);
 		fd_install(err, file);