fs/file.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/fs/file.c b/fs/file.c
index ad4a8bf3cf10..f802360e240d 100644
--- a/fs/file.c
+++ b/fs/file.c
@@ -858,7 +858,7 @@ static struct file *__fget_files(struct files_struct *files, unsigned int fd,
 			file = NULL;
 		else if (!get_file_rcu_many(file, refs))
 			goto loop;
-		else if (files_lookup_fd_raw(files, fd) != file) {
+		else if (unlikely(files_lookup_fd_raw(files, fd) != file)) {
 			fput_many(file, refs);
 			goto loop;
 		}