diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/Locking b/Documentation/filesystems/Locking
index 57d827d..9619841 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/Locking
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/Locking
@@ -426,7 +426,7 @@ prototypes:
 			loff_t *, int);
 	unsigned long (*get_unmapped_area)(struct file *, unsigned long,
 			unsigned long, unsigned long, unsigned long);
-	int (*check_flags)(int);
+	int (*check_flags)(struct file *, int);
 	int (*flock) (struct file *, int, struct file_lock *);
 	ssize_t (*splice_write)(struct pipe_inode_info *, struct file *, loff_t *,
 			size_t, unsigned int);
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt
index 88b9f55..442aefb 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt
@@ -764,7 +764,7 @@ struct file_operations {
 	ssize_t (*sendfile) (struct file *, loff_t *, size_t, read_actor_t, void *);
 	ssize_t (*sendpage) (struct file *, struct page *, int, size_t, loff_t *, int);
 	unsigned long (*get_unmapped_area)(struct file *, unsigned long, unsigned long, unsigned long, unsigned long);
-	int (*check_flags)(int);
+	int (*check_flags)(struct file *, int);
 	int (*flock) (struct file *, int, struct file_lock *);
 	ssize_t (*splice_write)(struct pipe_inode_info *, struct file *, size_t, unsigned int);
 	ssize_t (*splice_read)(struct file *, struct pipe_inode_info *, size_t, unsigned int);
diff --git a/fs/bad_inode.c b/fs/bad_inode.c
index bfcb18f..c7eef18 100644
--- a/fs/bad_inode.c
+++ b/fs/bad_inode.c
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ static unsigned long bad_file_get_unmapped_area(struct file *file,
 	return -EIO;
 }
 
-static int bad_file_check_flags(int flags)
+static int bad_file_check_flags(struct file *filp, int flags)
 {
 	return -EIO;
 }
diff --git a/fs/fcntl.c b/fs/fcntl.c
index 22764c7..1a2a6d3 100644
--- a/fs/fcntl.c
+++ b/fs/fcntl.c
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ static int setfl(int fd, struct file * filp, unsigned long arg)
 	}
 
 	if (filp->f_op && filp->f_op->check_flags)
-		error = filp->f_op->check_flags(arg);
+		error = filp->f_op->check_flags(filp, arg);
 	if (error)
 		return error;
 
diff --git a/fs/nfs/file.c b/fs/nfs/file.c
index 2f093ed..9f96a8b 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/file.c
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ static ssize_t nfs_file_write(struct kiocb *, const struct iovec *iov,
 				unsigned long nr_segs, loff_t pos);
 static int  nfs_file_flush(struct file *, fl_owner_t id);
 static int  nfs_file_fsync(struct file *, int datasync);
-static int nfs_check_flags(int flags);
+static int nfs_check_flags(struct file *, int flags);
 static int nfs_lock(struct file *filp, int cmd, struct file_lock *fl);
 static int nfs_flock(struct file *filp, int cmd, struct file_lock *fl);
 static int nfs_setlease(struct file *file, long arg, struct file_lock **fl);
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ const struct inode_operations nfs3_file_inode_operations = {
 # define IS_SWAPFILE(inode)	(0)
 #endif
 
-static int nfs_check_flags(int flags)
+static int nfs_check_flags(struct file *filp, int flags)
 {
 	if ((flags & (O_APPEND | O_DIRECT)) == (O_APPEND | O_DIRECT))
 		return -EINVAL;
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ nfs_file_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
 			filp->f_path.dentry->d_name.name);
 
 	nfs_inc_stats(inode, NFSIOS_VFSOPEN);
-	res = nfs_check_flags(filp->f_flags);
+	res = nfs_check_flags(filp, filp->f_flags);
 	if (res)
 		return res;
 
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index b5b9792..98ce7c7 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -1564,7 +1564,7 @@ struct file_operations {
 	int (*lock) (struct file *, int, struct file_lock *);
 	ssize_t (*sendpage) (struct file *, struct page *, int, size_t, loff_t *, int);
 	unsigned long (*get_unmapped_area)(struct file *, unsigned long, unsigned long, unsigned long, unsigned long);
-	int (*check_flags)(int);
+	int (*check_flags)(struct file *, int);
 	int (*flock) (struct file *, int, struct file_lock *);
 	ssize_t (*splice_write)(struct pipe_inode_info *, struct file *, loff_t *, size_t, unsigned int);
 	ssize_t (*splice_read)(struct file *, loff_t *, struct pipe_inode_info *, size_t, unsigned int);
