Signed-off-by: Tyler Hicks <tyhicks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Tested-by: Tyler Hicks <tyhicks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> # 4.4.y, 3.18.y
Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> # 4.5-
---
 fs/ecryptfs/kthread.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/fs/ecryptfs/kthread.c b/fs/ecryptfs/kthread.c
index e818f5a..b9faeab 100644
--- a/fs/ecryptfs/kthread.c
+++ b/fs/ecryptfs/kthread.c
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ int ecryptfs_privileged_open(struct file **lower_file,
 		goto out;
 	}
 have_file:
-	if ((*lower_file)->f_op->mmap == NULL) {
+	if ((*lower_file)->f_op->mmap == NULL && !d_is_dir(lower_dentry)) {
 		fput(*lower_file);
 		*lower_file = NULL;
 		rc = -EMEDIUMTYPE;