diff --git a/fs/proc/base.c b/fs/proc/base.c
index 39ee093b5e966c..1b6c84cbdb732e 100644
--- a/fs/proc/base.c
+++ b/fs/proc/base.c
@@ -695,8 +695,6 @@ static int __mem_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file, unsigned int mode)
 		mmput(mm);
 	}
 
-	/* OK to pass negative loff_t, we can catch out-of-range */
-	file->f_mode |= FMODE_UNSIGNED_OFFSET;
 	file->private_data = mm;
 
 	return 0;
@@ -704,7 +702,12 @@ static int __mem_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file, unsigned int mode)
 
 static int mem_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 {
-	return __mem_open(inode, file, PTRACE_MODE_ATTACH);
+	int ret = __mem_open(inode, file, PTRACE_MODE_ATTACH);
+
+	/* OK to pass negative loff_t, we can catch out-of-range */
+	file->f_mode |= FMODE_UNSIGNED_OFFSET;
+
+	return ret;
 }
 
 static ssize_t mem_rw(struct file *file, char __user *buf,