diff --git a/mm/secretmem.c b/mm/secretmem.c
index 399552814fd0ffaa00c598bb60f3203e5378c220..88fbd3598207677563a635ea85d641257bf7360d 100644
--- a/mm/secretmem.c
+++ b/mm/secretmem.c
@@ -202,6 +202,11 @@ static struct file *secretmem_file_create(unsigned long flags)
 	if (IS_ERR(inode))
 		return ERR_CAST(inode);
 
+	/*
+	 * Not clear S_PRIVATE may cause LSM/SELinux checks to be
+	 * bypassed for secretmem file descriptors.
+	 */
+	inode->i_flags &= ~S_PRIVATE;
 	err = security_inode_init_security_anon(inode, &qname, NULL);
 	if (err) {
 		file = ERR_PTR(err);