diff --git a/fs/file.c b/fs/file.c
index 7893ea161d77..35c62b54c9d6 100644
--- a/fs/file.c
+++ b/fs/file.c
@@ -1042,10 +1042,8 @@ unsigned long __fdget_pos(unsigned int fd)
 	struct file *file = (struct file *)(v & ~3);
 
 	if (file && (file->f_mode & FMODE_ATOMIC_POS)) {
-		if (file_count(file) > 1) {
-			v |= FDPUT_POS_UNLOCK;
-			mutex_lock(&file->f_pos_lock);
-		}
+		v |= FDPUT_POS_UNLOCK;
+		mutex_lock(&file->f_pos_lock);
 	}
 	return v;
 }