diff --git a/fs/file.c b/fs/file.c
index 1fc7fbbb4510..9d047bd046b0 100644
--- a/fs/file.c
+++ b/fs/file.c
@@ -631,7 +631,6 @@ int __close_fd(struct files_struct *files, unsigned fd)
 	if (!file)
 		goto out_unlock;
 	rcu_assign_pointer(fdt->fd[fd], NULL);
-	__clear_close_on_exec(fd, fdt);
 	__put_unused_fd(files, fd);
 	spin_unlock(&files->file_lock);
 	return filp_close(file, files);