diff --git a/fs/open.c b/fs/open.c
index 8092178ceab0fa8313b7a6f0c1e4dfcad191e9d5..68de475df5ece975560a62df013ba8733ca6296b 100644
--- a/fs/open.c
+++ b/fs/open.c
@@ -1285,7 +1285,7 @@ int filp_close(struct file *filp, fl_owner_t id)
 {
 	int retval = 0;
 
-	if (!file_count(filp)) {
+	if (unlikely(!file_count(filp))) {
 		printk(KERN_ERR "VFS: Close: file count is 0\n");
 		return 0;
 	}