fs/open.c | 22 +++++++++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/open.c b/fs/open.c
index e6ead0f19964..5fe427e8685c 100644
--- a/fs/open.c
+++ b/fs/open.c
@@ -1503,7 +1503,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE2(creat, const char __user *, pathname, umode_t, mode)
  * "id" is the POSIX thread ID. We use the
  * files pointer for this..
  */
-int filp_close(struct file *filp, fl_owner_t id)
+static int filp_flush(struct file *filp, fl_owner_t id)
 {
 	int retval = 0;
 
@@ -1520,10 +1520,15 @@ int filp_close(struct file *filp, fl_owner_t id)
 		dnotify_flush(filp, id);
 		locks_remove_posix(filp, id);
 	}
-	fput(filp);
 	return retval;
 }
 
+int filp_close(struct file *filp, fl_owner_t id)
+{
+	int retval = filp_flush(filp, id);
+	fput(filp);
+	return retval;
+}
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(filp_close);
 
 /*
@@ -1533,7 +1538,18 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(filp_close);
  */
 SYSCALL_DEFINE1(close, unsigned int, fd)
 {
-	int retval = close_fd(fd);
+	struct file *file = close_fd_get_file(fd);
+	int retval;
+
+	if (!file)
+		return -EBADF;
+	retval = filp_flush(file, current->files);
+
+	/*
+	 * We're returning to user space. Don't bother
+	 * with any delayed fput() cases.
+	 */
+	__fput_sync(file);
 
 	/* can't restart close syscall because file table entry was cleared */
 	if (unlikely(retval == -ERESTARTSYS ||