diff --git a/fs/timerfd.c b/fs/timerfd.c
index 6a123b8..b042bd7 100644
--- a/fs/timerfd.c
+++ b/fs/timerfd.c
@@ -186,10 +186,9 @@
 	BUILD_BUG_ON(TFD_CLOEXEC != O_CLOEXEC);
 	BUILD_BUG_ON(TFD_NONBLOCK != O_NONBLOCK);
 
-	if (flags & ~(TFD_CLOEXEC | TFD_NONBLOCK))
-		return -EINVAL;
-	if (clockid != CLOCK_MONOTONIC &&
-	    clockid != CLOCK_REALTIME)
+	if ((flags & ~TFD_CREATE_FLAGS) ||
+	    (clockid != CLOCK_MONOTONIC &&
+	     clockid != CLOCK_REALTIME))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	ctx = kzalloc(sizeof(*ctx), GFP_KERNEL);
@@ -201,7 +200,7 @@
 	hrtimer_init(&ctx->tmr, clockid, HRTIMER_MODE_ABS);
 
 	ufd = anon_inode_getfd("[timerfd]", &timerfd_fops, ctx,
-			       flags & (O_CLOEXEC | O_NONBLOCK));
+			       flags & TFD_SHARED_FCNTL_FLAGS);
 	if (ufd < 0)
 		kfree(ctx);
 
@@ -219,7 +218,8 @@
 	if (copy_from_user(&ktmr, utmr, sizeof(ktmr)))
 		return -EFAULT;
 
-	if (!timespec_valid(&ktmr.it_value) ||
+	if ((flags & ~TFD_SETTIME_FLAGS) ||
+	    !timespec_valid(&ktmr.it_value) ||
 	    !timespec_valid(&ktmr.it_interval))
 		return -EINVAL;