diff --git a/include/linux/security.h b/include/linux/security.h
index 8ce59ef3e5af..ca02f1716736 100644
--- a/include/linux/security.h
+++ b/include/linux/security.h
@@ -1456,7 +1456,7 @@ struct security_operations {
 			     struct inode *new_dir, struct dentry *new_dentry);
 	int (*inode_readlink) (struct dentry *dentry);
 	int (*inode_follow_link) (struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd);
-	int (*inode_permission) (struct inode *inode, int mask, unsigned flags);
+	int (*inode_permission) (struct inode *inode, int mask);
 	int (*inode_setattr)	(struct dentry *dentry, struct iattr *attr);
 	int (*inode_getattr) (struct vfsmount *mnt, struct dentry *dentry);
 	int (*inode_setxattr) (struct dentry *dentry, const char *name,
diff --git a/security/capability.c b/security/capability.c
index bbb51156261b..2984ea4f776f 100644
--- a/security/capability.c
+++ b/security/capability.c
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ static int cap_inode_follow_link(struct dentry *dentry,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int cap_inode_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask, unsigned flags)
+static int cap_inode_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask)
 {
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/security/security.c b/security/security.c
index 4ba6d4cc061f..db3b750da353 100644
--- a/security/security.c
+++ b/security/security.c
@@ -518,14 +518,17 @@ int security_inode_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask)
 {
 	if (unlikely(IS_PRIVATE(inode)))
 		return 0;
-	return security_ops->inode_permission(inode, mask, 0);
+	return security_ops->inode_permission(inode, mask);
 }
 
 int security_inode_exec_permission(struct inode *inode, unsigned int flags)
 {
+	int mask = MAY_EXEC;
 	if (unlikely(IS_PRIVATE(inode)))
 		return 0;
-	return security_ops->inode_permission(inode, MAY_EXEC, flags);
+	if (flags)
+		mask |= MAY_NOT_BLOCK;
+	return security_ops->inode_permission(inode, mask);
 }
 
 int security_inode_setattr(struct dentry *dentry, struct iattr *attr)
diff --git a/security/selinux/hooks.c b/security/selinux/hooks.c
index 20219ef5439a..47a059fff344 100644
--- a/security/selinux/hooks.c
+++ b/security/selinux/hooks.c
@@ -2659,12 +2659,13 @@ static int selinux_inode_follow_link(struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *na
 	return dentry_has_perm(cred, dentry, FILE__READ);
 }
 
-static int selinux_inode_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask, unsigned flags)
+static int selinux_inode_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask)
 {
 	const struct cred *cred = current_cred();
 	struct common_audit_data ad;
 	u32 perms;
 	bool from_access;
+	unsigned __flags = mask & MAY_NOT_BLOCK ? IPERM_FLAG_RCU : 0;
 
 	from_access = mask & MAY_ACCESS;
 	mask &= (MAY_READ|MAY_WRITE|MAY_EXEC|MAY_APPEND);
@@ -2681,7 +2682,7 @@ static int selinux_inode_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask, unsigned flag
 
 	perms = file_mask_to_av(inode->i_mode, mask);
 
-	return inode_has_perm(cred, inode, perms, &ad, flags);
+	return inode_has_perm(cred, inode, perms, &ad, __flags);
 }
 
 static int selinux_inode_setattr(struct dentry *dentry, struct iattr *iattr)
diff --git a/security/smack/smack_lsm.c b/security/smack/smack_lsm.c
index 9831a39c11f6..f375eb2e1957 100644
--- a/security/smack/smack_lsm.c
+++ b/security/smack/smack_lsm.c
@@ -689,9 +689,10 @@ static int smack_inode_rename(struct inode *old_inode,
  *
  * Returns 0 if access is permitted, -EACCES otherwise
  */
-static int smack_inode_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask, unsigned flags)
+static int smack_inode_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask)
 {
 	struct smk_audit_info ad;
+	int no_block = mask & MAY_NOT_BLOCK;
 
 	mask &= (MAY_READ|MAY_WRITE|MAY_EXEC|MAY_APPEND);
 	/*
@@ -701,7 +702,7 @@ static int smack_inode_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask, unsigned flags)
 		return 0;
 
 	/* May be droppable after audit */
-	if (flags & IPERM_FLAG_RCU)
+	if (no_block)
 		return -ECHILD;
 	smk_ad_init(&ad, __func__, LSM_AUDIT_DATA_INODE);
 	smk_ad_setfield_u_fs_inode(&ad, inode);