diff --git a/drivers/staging/android/sw_sync.c b/drivers/staging/android/sw_sync.c
index 765c757b120f..f24493ac65e3 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/android/sw_sync.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/android/sw_sync.c
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ static int sw_sync_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 static long sw_sync_ioctl_create_fence(struct sw_sync_timeline *obj,
 				       unsigned long arg)
 {
-	int fd = get_unused_fd();
+	int fd = get_unused_fd_flags(O_CLOEXEC);
 	int err;
 	struct sync_pt *pt;
 	struct sync_fence *fence;