diff --git a/fs/splice.c b/fs/splice.c
index 60aed8de21f8..67a5965c0793 100644
--- a/fs/splice.c
+++ b/fs/splice.c
@@ -1647,7 +1647,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE6(splice, int, fd_in, loff_t __user *, off_in,
 	error = -EBADF;
 	in = fdget(fd_in);
 	if (in.file) {
-		out = fdget(fd_out);
+		out = fdget_raw(fd_out);
 		if (out.file) {
 			error = __do_splice(in.file, off_in, out.file, off_out,
 					    len, flags);