diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 1ad53365d521..b03e37abda10 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 5b249b1b07c42c61d0c53b8ab4fad026e39a9be9
+refs/heads/master: ab72a7028c0cc22731dc60beceb595b321d1cdb9
diff --git a/trunk/kernel/events/core.c b/trunk/kernel/events/core.c
index 7fee567153f0..2bd199bfaef8 100644
--- a/trunk/kernel/events/core.c
+++ b/trunk/kernel/events/core.c
@@ -6264,7 +6264,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE5(perf_event_open,
 	if ((flags & PERF_FLAG_PID_CGROUP) && (pid == -1 || cpu == -1))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	event_fd = get_unused_fd_flags(O_RDWR);
+	event_fd = get_unused_fd();
 	if (event_fd < 0)
 		return event_fd;