diff --git a/fs/stat.c b/fs/stat.c
index 02a606141b80..aec24ec7bc91 100644
--- a/fs/stat.c
+++ b/fs/stat.c
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(vfs_getattr);
 
 int vfs_fstat(unsigned int fd, struct kstat *stat)
 {
-	struct file *f = fget(fd);
+	struct file *f = fget_raw(fd);
 	int error = -EBADF;
 
 	if (f) {