int error;
 
        CLASS(fd, f)(fd);
-       if (!fd_file(f))
-               return -EBADF;
 
+       if (fd_empty(f))
+               return -EBADF;
        audit_file(fd_file(f));
        error = setxattr_copy(name, &ctx);
        if (error)
 SYSCALL_DEFINE4(fgetxattr, int, fd, const char __user *, name,
                void __user *, value, size_t, size)
 {
-       struct fd f = fdget(fd);
-       ssize_t error = -EBADF;
+       CLASS(fd, f)(fd);
 
-       if (!fd_file(f))
-               return error;
+       if (fd_empty(f))
+               return -EBADF;
        audit_file(fd_file(f));
-       error = getxattr(file_mnt_idmap(fd_file(f)), fd_file(f)->f_path.dentry,
+       return getxattr(file_mnt_idmap(fd_file(f)), fd_file(f)->f_path.dentry,
                         name, value, size);
-       fdput(f);
-       return error;
 }
 
 /*
 
 SYSCALL_DEFINE3(flistxattr, int, fd, char __user *, list, size_t, size)
 {
-       struct fd f = fdget(fd);
-       ssize_t error = -EBADF;
+       CLASS(fd, f)(fd);
 
-       if (!fd_file(f))
-               return error;
+       if (fd_empty(f))
+               return -EBADF;
        audit_file(fd_file(f));
-       error = listxattr(fd_file(f)->f_path.dentry, list, size);
-       fdput(f);
-       return error;
+       return listxattr(fd_file(f)->f_path.dentry, list, size);
 }
 
 /*
 
 SYSCALL_DEFINE2(fremovexattr, int, fd, const char __user *, name)
 {
-       struct fd f = fdget(fd);
+       CLASS(fd, f)(fd);
        char kname[XATTR_NAME_MAX + 1];
-       int error = -EBADF;
+       int error;
 
-       if (!fd_file(f))
-               return error;
+       if (fd_empty(f))
+               return -EBADF;
        audit_file(fd_file(f));
 
        error = strncpy_from_user(kname, name, sizeof(kname));
                                    fd_file(f)->f_path.dentry, kname);
                mnt_drop_write_file(fd_file(f));
        }
-       fdput(f);
        return error;
 }