diff --git a/mm/fadvise.c b/mm/fadvise.c
index 5f19e87bc5af..d257c89e7704 100644
--- a/mm/fadvise.c
+++ b/mm/fadvise.c
@@ -37,6 +37,11 @@ asmlinkage long sys_fadvise64_64(int fd, loff_t offset, loff_t len, int advice)
 	if (!file)
 		return -EBADF;
 
+	if (S_ISFIFO(file->f_dentry->d_inode->i_mode)) {
+		ret = -ESPIPE;
+		goto out;
+	}
+
 	mapping = file->f_mapping;
 	if (!mapping || len < 0) {
 		ret = -EINVAL;