diff --git a/fs/open.c b/fs/open.c
index d6c79a0dffc7..1540632d8387 100644
--- a/fs/open.c
+++ b/fs/open.c
@@ -397,10 +397,10 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE1(fchdir, unsigned int, fd)
 {
 	struct file *file;
 	struct inode *inode;
-	int error;
+	int error, fput_needed;
 
 	error = -EBADF;
-	file = fget(fd);
+	file = fget_raw_light(fd, &fput_needed);
 	if (!file)
 		goto out;
 
@@ -414,7 +414,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE1(fchdir, unsigned int, fd)
 	if (!error)
 		set_fs_pwd(current->fs, &file->f_path);
 out_putf:
-	fput(file);
+	fput_light(file, fput_needed);
 out:
 	return error;
 }