return rc;
 }
 
-static ssize_t ecryptfs_splice_read(struct file *file, loff_t * ppos,
-                                   struct pipe_inode_info *pipe, size_t count,
-                                   unsigned int flags)
-{
-       struct file *lower_file = NULL;
-       int rc = -EINVAL;
-
-       lower_file = ecryptfs_file_to_lower(file);
-       if (lower_file->f_op && lower_file->f_op->splice_read)
-               rc = lower_file->f_op->splice_read(lower_file, ppos, pipe,
-                                               count, flags);
-
-       return rc;
-}
-
 static int ecryptfs_ioctl(struct inode *inode, struct file *file,
                          unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg);
 
        .release = ecryptfs_release,
        .fsync = ecryptfs_fsync,
        .fasync = ecryptfs_fasync,
-       .splice_read = ecryptfs_splice_read,
+       .splice_read = generic_file_splice_read,
 };
 
 const struct file_operations ecryptfs_main_fops = {
        .release = ecryptfs_release,
        .fsync = ecryptfs_fsync,
        .fasync = ecryptfs_fasync,
-       .splice_read = ecryptfs_splice_read,
+       .splice_read = generic_file_splice_read,
 };
 
 static int