diff --git a/fs/open.c b/fs/open.c
index a6c6244f4993..f1deb36ee1b7 100644
--- a/fs/open.c
+++ b/fs/open.c
@@ -717,6 +717,12 @@ static int do_dentry_open(struct file *f,
 		return 0;
 	}
 
+	/* Any file opened for execve()/uselib() has to be a regular file. */
+	if (unlikely(f->f_flags & FMODE_EXEC && !S_ISREG(inode->i_mode))) {
+		error = -EACCES;
+		goto cleanup_file;
+	}
+
 	if (f->f_mode & FMODE_WRITE && !special_file(inode->i_mode)) {
 		error = get_write_access(inode);
 		if (unlikely(error))