diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index 5362af9b7372..4ff7ca530533 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -1748,6 +1748,9 @@ struct file *do_filp_open(int dfd, const char *pathname,
 	if (!(open_flag & O_CREAT))
 		mode = 0;
 
+	/* Must never be set by userspace */
+	open_flag &= ~FMODE_NONOTIFY;
+
 	/*
 	 * O_SYNC is implemented as __O_SYNC|O_DSYNC.  As many places only
 	 * check for O_DSYNC if the need any syncing at all we enforce it's
diff --git a/include/linux/fsnotify.h b/include/linux/fsnotify.h
index 5c185fa27089..b10bcdeaef76 100644
--- a/include/linux/fsnotify.h
+++ b/include/linux/fsnotify.h
@@ -235,9 +235,6 @@ static inline void fsnotify_open(struct file *file)
 	if (S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode))
 		mask |= FS_ISDIR;
 
-	/* FMODE_NONOTIFY must never be set from user */
-	file->f_mode &= ~FMODE_NONOTIFY;
-
 	fsnotify_parent(path, NULL, mask);
 	fsnotify(inode, mask, path, FSNOTIFY_EVENT_PATH, NULL, 0);
 }