diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index 86b50271b4f7..133f0640fb24 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -2566,12 +2566,6 @@ static inline int deny_write_access(struct file *file)
 	struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
 	return atomic_dec_unless_positive(&inode->i_writecount) ? 0 : -ETXTBSY;
 }
-static inline int exclusive_deny_write_access(struct file *file)
-{
-	int old = 0;
-	struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
-	return atomic_try_cmpxchg(&inode->i_writecount, &old, -1) ? 0 : -ETXTBSY;
-}
 static inline void put_write_access(struct inode * inode)
 {
 	atomic_dec(&inode->i_writecount);
diff --git a/kernel/module/main.c b/kernel/module/main.c
index b4c7e925fdb0..044aa2c9e3cb 100644
--- a/kernel/module/main.c
+++ b/kernel/module/main.c
@@ -3057,53 +3057,11 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE3(init_module, void __user *, umod,
 	return load_module(&info, uargs, 0);
 }
 
-static int file_init_module(struct file *file, const char __user * uargs, int flags)
+SYSCALL_DEFINE3(finit_module, int, fd, const char __user *, uargs, int, flags)
 {
 	struct load_info info = { };
 	void *buf = NULL;
 	int len;
-
-	len = kernel_read_file(file, 0, &buf, INT_MAX, NULL,
-				       READING_MODULE);
-	if (len < 0) {
-		mod_stat_inc(&failed_kreads);
-		mod_stat_add_long(len, &invalid_kread_bytes);
-		return len;
-	}
-
-	if (flags & MODULE_INIT_COMPRESSED_FILE) {
-		int err = module_decompress(&info, buf, len);
-		vfree(buf); /* compressed data is no longer needed */
-		if (err) {
-			mod_stat_inc(&failed_decompress);
-			mod_stat_add_long(len, &invalid_decompress_bytes);
-			return err;
-		}
-	} else {
-		info.hdr = buf;
-		info.len = len;
-	}
-
-	return load_module(&info, uargs, flags);
-}
-
-/*
- * kernel_read_file() will already deny write access, but module
- * loading wants _exclusive_ access to the file, so we do that
- * here, along with basic sanity checks.
- */
-static int prepare_file_for_module_load(struct file *file)
-{
-	if (!file || !(file->f_mode & FMODE_READ))
-		return -EBADF;
-	if (!S_ISREG(file_inode(file)->i_mode))
-		return -EINVAL;
-	return exclusive_deny_write_access(file);
-}
-
-SYSCALL_DEFINE3(finit_module, int, fd, const char __user *, uargs, int, flags)
-{
-	struct fd f;
 	int err;
 
 	err = may_init_module();
@@ -3117,14 +3075,28 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE3(finit_module, int, fd, const char __user *, uargs, int, flags)
 		      |MODULE_INIT_COMPRESSED_FILE))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	f = fdget(fd);
-	err = prepare_file_for_module_load(f.file);
-	if (!err) {
-		err = file_init_module(f.file, uargs, flags);
-		allow_write_access(f.file);
+	len = kernel_read_file_from_fd(fd, 0, &buf, INT_MAX, NULL,
+				       READING_MODULE);
+	if (len < 0) {
+		mod_stat_inc(&failed_kreads);
+		mod_stat_add_long(len, &invalid_kread_bytes);
+		return len;
 	}
-	fdput(f);
-	return err;
+
+	if (flags & MODULE_INIT_COMPRESSED_FILE) {
+		err = module_decompress(&info, buf, len);
+		vfree(buf); /* compressed data is no longer needed */
+		if (err) {
+			mod_stat_inc(&failed_decompress);
+			mod_stat_add_long(len, &invalid_decompress_bytes);
+			return err;
+		}
+	} else {
+		info.hdr = buf;
+		info.len = len;
+	}
+
+	return load_module(&info, uargs, flags);
 }
 
 /* Keep in sync with MODULE_FLAGS_BUF_SIZE !!! */