diff --git a/fs/exec.c b/fs/exec.c
index f49b352a6032..7776209d98c1 100644
--- a/fs/exec.c
+++ b/fs/exec.c
@@ -143,13 +143,11 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE1(uselib, const char __user *, library)
 		goto out;
 
 	/*
-	 * may_open() has already checked for this, so it should be
-	 * impossible to trip now. But we need to be extra cautious
-	 * and check again at the very end too.
+	 * Check do_open_execat() for an explanation.
 	 */
 	error = -EACCES;
-	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!S_ISREG(file_inode(file)->i_mode) ||
-			 path_noexec(&file->f_path)))
+	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!S_ISREG(file_inode(file)->i_mode)) ||
+	    path_noexec(&file->f_path))
 		goto exit;
 
 	error = -ENOEXEC;
@@ -925,23 +923,22 @@ static struct file *do_open_execat(int fd, struct filename *name, int flags)
 
 	file = do_filp_open(fd, name, &open_exec_flags);
 	if (IS_ERR(file))
-		goto out;
+		return file;
 
 	/*
-	 * may_open() has already checked for this, so it should be
-	 * impossible to trip now. But we need to be extra cautious
-	 * and check again at the very end too.
+	 * In the past the regular type check was here. It moved to may_open() in
+	 * 633fb6ac3980 ("exec: move S_ISREG() check earlier"). Since then it is
+	 * an invariant that all non-regular files error out before we get here.
 	 */
 	err = -EACCES;
-	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!S_ISREG(file_inode(file)->i_mode) ||
-			 path_noexec(&file->f_path)))
+	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!S_ISREG(file_inode(file)->i_mode)) ||
+	    path_noexec(&file->f_path))
 		goto exit;
 
 	err = deny_write_access(file);
 	if (err)
 		goto exit;
 
-out:
 	return file;
 
 exit: