if (!(out_file->f_mode & FMODE_WRITE))
                goto fput_out;
        retval = -EINVAL;
-       if (!out_file->f_op || !out_file->f_op->sendpage)
-               goto fput_out;
        in_inode = in_file->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
        out_inode = out_file->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
        retval = rw_verify_area(WRITE, out_file, &out_file->f_pos, count);
 
        ret = buf->ops->confirm(pipe, buf);
        if (!ret) {
                more = (sd->flags & SPLICE_F_MORE) || sd->len < sd->total_len;
-
-               ret = file->f_op->sendpage(file, buf->page, buf->offset,
-                                          sd->len, &pos, more);
+               if (file->f_op && file->f_op->sendpage)
+                       ret = file->f_op->sendpage(file, buf->page, buf->offset,
+                                                  sd->len, &pos, more);
+               else
+                       ret = -EINVAL;
        }
 
        return ret;
        if (unlikely(ret < 0))
                return ret;
 
-       splice_write = out->f_op->splice_write;
-       if (!splice_write)
+       if (out->f_op && out->f_op->splice_write)
+               splice_write = out->f_op->splice_write;
+       else
                splice_write = default_file_splice_write;
 
        return splice_write(pipe, out, ppos, len, flags);
        if (unlikely(ret < 0))
                return ret;
 
-       splice_read = in->f_op->splice_read;
-       if (!splice_read)
+       if (in->f_op && in->f_op->splice_read)
+               splice_read = in->f_op->splice_read;
+       else
                splice_read = default_file_splice_read;
 
        return splice_read(in, ppos, pipe, len, flags);
                if (off_in)
                        return -ESPIPE;
                if (off_out) {
-                       if (out->f_op->llseek == no_llseek)
+                       if (!out->f_op || !out->f_op->llseek ||
+                           out->f_op->llseek == no_llseek)
                                return -EINVAL;
                        if (copy_from_user(&offset, off_out, sizeof(loff_t)))
                                return -EFAULT;
                if (off_out)
                        return -ESPIPE;
                if (off_in) {
-                       if (in->f_op->llseek == no_llseek)
+                       if (!in->f_op || !in->f_op->llseek ||
+                           in->f_op->llseek == no_llseek)
                                return -EINVAL;
                        if (copy_from_user(&offset, off_in, sizeof(loff_t)))
                                return -EFAULT;