diff --git a/include/linux/fdtable.h b/include/linux/fdtable.h
index 013dc529e95f..d147461bc271 100644
--- a/include/linux/fdtable.h
+++ b/include/linux/fdtable.h
@@ -61,7 +61,8 @@ struct files_struct {
 	(rcu_dereference_check((fdtfd), \
 			       rcu_read_lock_held() || \
 			       lockdep_is_held(&(files)->file_lock) || \
-			       atomic_read(&(files)->count) == 1))
+			       atomic_read(&(files)->count) == 1 || \
+			       rcu_my_thread_group_empty()))
 
 #define files_fdtable(files) \
 		(rcu_dereference_check_fdtable((files), (files)->fdt))