diff --git a/fs/file.c b/fs/file.c
index 621563701bd9..987ea51630b4 100644
--- a/fs/file.c
+++ b/fs/file.c
@@ -629,11 +629,9 @@ out_unlock:
 	return file;
 }
 
-/*
- * The same warnings as for __alloc_fd()/__fd_install() apply here...
- */
-int __close_fd(struct files_struct *files, unsigned fd)
+int close_fd(unsigned fd)
 {
+	struct files_struct *files = current->files;
 	struct file *file;
 
 	file = pick_file(files, fd);
@@ -642,7 +640,7 @@ int __close_fd(struct files_struct *files, unsigned fd)
 
 	return filp_close(file, files);
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(__close_fd); /* for ksys_close() */
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(close_fd); /* for ksys_close() */
 
 /**
  * __close_range() - Close all file descriptors in a given range.
@@ -1027,7 +1025,7 @@ int replace_fd(unsigned fd, struct file *file, unsigned flags)
 	struct files_struct *files = current->files;
 
 	if (!file)
-		return __close_fd(files, fd);
+		return close_fd(fd);
 
 	if (fd >= rlimit(RLIMIT_NOFILE))
 		return -EBADF;
diff --git a/fs/open.c b/fs/open.c
index 9af548fb841b..581a674d7eee 100644
--- a/fs/open.c
+++ b/fs/open.c
@@ -1292,7 +1292,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(filp_close);
  */
 SYSCALL_DEFINE1(close, unsigned int, fd)
 {
-	int retval = __close_fd(current->files, fd);
+	int retval = close_fd(fd);
 
 	/* can't restart close syscall because file table entry was cleared */
 	if (unlikely(retval == -ERESTARTSYS ||
diff --git a/include/linux/fdtable.h b/include/linux/fdtable.h
index dc476ae92f56..dad4a488ce60 100644
--- a/include/linux/fdtable.h
+++ b/include/linux/fdtable.h
@@ -124,8 +124,7 @@ int iterate_fd(struct files_struct *, unsigned,
 		int (*)(const void *, struct file *, unsigned),
 		const void *);
 
-extern int __close_fd(struct files_struct *files,
-		      unsigned int fd);
+extern int close_fd(unsigned int fd);
 extern int __close_range(unsigned int fd, unsigned int max_fd, unsigned int flags);
 extern int __close_fd_get_file(unsigned int fd, struct file **res);
 extern int unshare_fd(unsigned long unshare_flags, unsigned int max_fds,
diff --git a/include/linux/syscalls.h b/include/linux/syscalls.h
index 37bea07c12f2..9e055a0579f8 100644
--- a/include/linux/syscalls.h
+++ b/include/linux/syscalls.h
@@ -1295,16 +1295,16 @@ static inline long ksys_ftruncate(unsigned int fd, loff_t length)
 	return do_sys_ftruncate(fd, length, 1);
 }
 
-extern int __close_fd(struct files_struct *files, unsigned int fd);
+extern int close_fd(unsigned int fd);
 
 /*
  * In contrast to sys_close(), this stub does not check whether the syscall
  * should or should not be restarted, but returns the raw error codes from
- * __close_fd().
+ * close_fd().
  */
 static inline int ksys_close(unsigned int fd)
 {
-	return __close_fd(current->files, fd);
+	return close_fd(fd);
 }
 
 extern long do_sys_truncate(const char __user *pathname, loff_t length);