diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_lease.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_lease.c
index d638c0fb3418..b54fb78a283c 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_lease.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_lease.c
@@ -553,7 +553,7 @@ int drm_mode_create_lease_ioctl(struct drm_device *dev,
 
 	/* Clone the lessor file to create a new file for us */
 	DRM_DEBUG_LEASE("Allocating lease file\n");
-	lessee_file = filp_clone_open(lessor_file);
+	lessee_file = file_clone_open(lessor_file);
 	if (IS_ERR(lessee_file)) {
 		ret = PTR_ERR(lessee_file);
 		goto out_lessee;
diff --git a/fs/binfmt_misc.c b/fs/binfmt_misc.c
index 4b5fff31ef27..aa4a7a23ff99 100644
--- a/fs/binfmt_misc.c
+++ b/fs/binfmt_misc.c
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ static int load_misc_binary(struct linux_binprm *bprm)
 		goto error;
 
 	if (fmt->flags & MISC_FMT_OPEN_FILE) {
-		interp_file = filp_clone_open(fmt->interp_file);
+		interp_file = file_clone_open(fmt->interp_file);
 		if (!IS_ERR(interp_file))
 			deny_write_access(interp_file);
 	} else {
diff --git a/fs/open.c b/fs/open.c
index d0e955b558ad..76c56966e297 100644
--- a/fs/open.c
+++ b/fs/open.c
@@ -1063,26 +1063,6 @@ struct file *file_open_root(struct dentry *dentry, struct vfsmount *mnt,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(file_open_root);
 
-struct file *filp_clone_open(struct file *oldfile)
-{
-	struct file *file;
-	int retval;
-
-	file = get_empty_filp();
-	if (IS_ERR(file))
-		return file;
-
-	file->f_flags = oldfile->f_flags;
-	retval = vfs_open(&oldfile->f_path, file, oldfile->f_cred);
-	if (retval) {
-		put_filp(file);
-		return ERR_PTR(retval);
-	}
-
-	return file;
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(filp_clone_open);
-
 long do_sys_open(int dfd, const char __user *filename, int flags, umode_t mode)
 {
 	struct open_flags op;
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index aa9b4c169ed2..c4ca4c9c1130 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -2422,7 +2422,10 @@ extern struct file *filp_open(const char *, int, umode_t);
 extern struct file *file_open_root(struct dentry *, struct vfsmount *,
 				   const char *, int, umode_t);
 extern struct file * dentry_open(const struct path *, int, const struct cred *);
-extern struct file *filp_clone_open(struct file *);
+static inline struct file *file_clone_open(struct file *file)
+{
+	return dentry_open(&file->f_path, file->f_flags, file->f_cred);
+}
 extern int filp_close(struct file *, fl_owner_t id);
 
 extern struct filename *getname_flags(const char __user *, int, int *);