security/apparmor/lsm.c  | 4 +++-
 security/tomoyo/tomoyo.c | 5 +++--
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/security/apparmor/lsm.c b/security/apparmor/lsm.c
index 7717354ce095..98e1150bee9d 100644
--- a/security/apparmor/lsm.c
+++ b/security/apparmor/lsm.c
@@ -469,8 +469,10 @@ static int apparmor_file_open(struct file *file)
 	 * Cache permissions granted by the previous exec check, with
 	 * implicit read and executable mmap which are required to
 	 * actually execute the image.
+	 *
+	 * Illogically, FMODE_EXEC is in f_flags, not f_mode.
 	 */
-	if (current->in_execve) {
+	if (file->f_flags & __FMODE_EXEC) {
 		fctx->allow = MAY_EXEC | MAY_READ | AA_EXEC_MMAP;
 		return 0;
 	}
diff --git a/security/tomoyo/tomoyo.c b/security/tomoyo/tomoyo.c
index 3c3af149bf1c..e8fb02b716aa 100644
--- a/security/tomoyo/tomoyo.c
+++ b/security/tomoyo/tomoyo.c
@@ -327,8 +327,9 @@ static int tomoyo_file_fcntl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd,
  */
 static int tomoyo_file_open(struct file *f)
 {
-	/* Don't check read permission here if called from execve(). */
-	if (current->in_execve)
+	/* Don't check read permission here if execve(). */
+	/* Illogically, FMODE_EXEC is in f_flags, not f_mode. */
+	if (file->f_flags & __FMODE_EXEC)
 		return 0;
 	return tomoyo_check_open_permission(tomoyo_domain(), &f->f_path,
 					    f->f_flags);