diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index fa798c16f924..512f6614bd80 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 938179b4f8cf8a4f11234ebf2dff2eb48400acfe
+refs/heads/master: 3f10940e4fb69d312602078f2c5234206797ca31
diff --git a/trunk/arch/x86/kernel/microcode_core.c b/trunk/arch/x86/kernel/microcode_core.c
index cceb5bc3c3c2..2cd8c544e41a 100644
--- a/trunk/arch/x86/kernel/microcode_core.c
+++ b/trunk/arch/x86/kernel/microcode_core.c
@@ -201,9 +201,9 @@ static int do_microcode_update(const void __user *buf, size_t size)
 	return error;
 }
 
-static int microcode_open(struct inode *unused1, struct file *unused2)
+static int microcode_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 {
-	return capable(CAP_SYS_RAWIO) ? 0 : -EPERM;
+	return capable(CAP_SYS_RAWIO) ? nonseekable_open(inode, file) : -EPERM;
 }
 
 static ssize_t microcode_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buf,