diff --git a/security/integrity/ima/ima_crypto.c b/security/integrity/ima/ima_crypto.c
index 21989fa0c107..f6a7e9643b54 100644
--- a/security/integrity/ima/ima_crypto.c
+++ b/security/integrity/ima/ima_crypto.c
@@ -537,7 +537,7 @@ int ima_calc_file_hash(struct file *file, struct ima_digest_data *hash)
 	loff_t i_size;
 	int rc;
 	struct file *f = file;
-	bool new_file_instance = false, modified_mode = false;
+	bool new_file_instance = false;
 
 	/*
 	 * For consistency, fail file's opened with the O_DIRECT flag on
@@ -555,18 +555,10 @@ int ima_calc_file_hash(struct file *file, struct ima_digest_data *hash)
 				O_TRUNC | O_CREAT | O_NOCTTY | O_EXCL);
 		flags |= O_RDONLY;
 		f = dentry_open(&file->f_path, flags, file->f_cred);
-		if (IS_ERR(f)) {
-			/*
-			 * Cannot open the file again, lets modify f_mode
-			 * of original and continue
-			 */
-			pr_info_ratelimited("Unable to reopen file for reading.\n");
-			f = file;
-			f->f_mode |= FMODE_READ;
-			modified_mode = true;
-		} else {
-			new_file_instance = true;
-		}
+		if (IS_ERR(f))
+			return PTR_ERR(f);
+
+		new_file_instance = true;
 	}
 
 	i_size = i_size_read(file_inode(f));
@@ -581,8 +573,6 @@ int ima_calc_file_hash(struct file *file, struct ima_digest_data *hash)
 out:
 	if (new_file_instance)
 		fput(f);
-	else if (modified_mode)
-		f->f_mode &= ~FMODE_READ;
 	return rc;
 }