diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index 0ed876259f8b..044215a7bb0c 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -2634,21 +2634,14 @@ static struct file *do_last(struct nameidata *nd, struct path *path,
 	if (error)
 		goto exit_fput;
 opened:
-	if (!IS_ERR(filp)) {
-		error = ima_file_check(filp, op->acc_mode);
-		if (error) {
-			fput(filp);
-			filp = ERR_PTR(error);
-		}
-	}
-	if (!IS_ERR(filp)) {
-		if (will_truncate) {
-			error = handle_truncate(filp);
-			if (error) {
-				fput(filp);
-				filp = ERR_PTR(error);
-			}
-		}
+	error = ima_file_check(filp, op->acc_mode);
+	if (error)
+		goto exit_fput;
+
+	if (will_truncate) {
+		error = handle_truncate(filp);
+		if (error)
+			goto exit_fput;
 	}
 out:
 	if (want_write)