diff --git a/fs/open.c b/fs/open.c
index e58382d..b70e766 100644
--- a/fs/open.c
+++ b/fs/open.c
@@ -806,6 +806,8 @@
 		error = __get_file_write_access(inode, mnt);
 		if (error)
 			goto cleanup_file;
+		if (!special_file(inode->i_mode))
+			file_take_write(f);
 	}
 
 	f->f_mapping = inode->i_mapping;
@@ -847,8 +849,16 @@
 	fops_put(f->f_op);
 	if (f->f_mode & FMODE_WRITE) {
 		put_write_access(inode);
-		if (!special_file(inode->i_mode))
+		if (!special_file(inode->i_mode)) {
+			/*
+			 * We don't consider this a real
+			 * mnt_want/drop_write() pair
+			 * because it all happenend right
+			 * here, so just reset the state.
+			 */
+			file_reset_write(f);
 			mnt_drop_write(mnt);
+		}
 	}
 	file_kill(f);
 	f->f_path.dentry = NULL;