diff --git a/mm/shmem.c b/mm/shmem.c
index 4fb41c8..ef8f474 100644
--- a/mm/shmem.c
+++ b/mm/shmem.c
@@ -2647,32 +2647,29 @@
 	if (!dentry)
 		goto put_memory;
 
-	error = -ENFILE;
-	file = get_empty_filp();
-	if (!file)
-		goto put_dentry;
-
 	error = -ENOSPC;
 	inode = shmem_get_inode(root->d_sb, S_IFREG | S_IRWXUGO, 0, flags);
 	if (!inode)
-		goto close_file;
+		goto put_dentry;
 
 	d_instantiate(dentry, inode);
 	inode->i_size = size;
 	inode->i_nlink = 0;	/* It is unlinked */
-	init_file(file, shm_mnt, dentry, FMODE_WRITE | FMODE_READ,
-		  &shmem_file_operations);
-
 #ifndef CONFIG_MMU
 	error = ramfs_nommu_expand_for_mapping(inode, size);
 	if (error)
-		goto close_file;
+		goto put_dentry;
 #endif
+
+	error = -ENFILE;
+	file = alloc_file(shm_mnt, dentry, FMODE_WRITE | FMODE_READ,
+		  &shmem_file_operations);
+	if (!file)
+		goto put_dentry;
+
 	ima_counts_get(file);
 	return file;
 
-close_file:
-	put_filp(file);
 put_dentry:
 	dput(dentry);
 put_memory: