diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index fe34c2b..42d2d28 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -282,8 +282,7 @@
 	if (retval)
 		return retval;
 
-	return security_inode_permission(inode,
-			mask & (MAY_READ|MAY_WRITE|MAY_EXEC|MAY_APPEND));
+	return security_inode_permission(inode, mask);
 }
 
 /**