diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index 94fd0fa..5e65f67 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -1965,27 +1965,10 @@
 	return error;
 }
 
-/*
- * Note that while the flag value (low two bits) for sys_open means:
- *	00 - read-only
- *	01 - write-only
- *	10 - read-write
- *	11 - special
- * it is changed into
- *	00 - no permissions needed
- *	01 - read-permission
- *	10 - write-permission
- *	11 - read-write
- * for the internal routines (ie open_namei()/follow_link() etc)
- * This is more logical, and also allows the 00 "no perm needed"
- * to be used for symlinks (where the permissions are checked
- * later).
- *
-*/
 static inline int open_to_namei_flags(int flag)
 {
-	if ((flag+1) & O_ACCMODE)
-		flag++;
+	if ((flag & O_ACCMODE) == 3)
+		flag--;
 	return flag;
 }