diff --git a/drivers/staging/android/sync.c b/drivers/staging/android/sync.c
index 2996077fedef..38e5d3b5ed9b 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/android/sync.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/android/sync.c
@@ -697,7 +697,7 @@ static long sync_fence_ioctl_wait(struct sync_fence *fence, unsigned long arg)
 
 static long sync_fence_ioctl_merge(struct sync_fence *fence, unsigned long arg)
 {
-	int fd = get_unused_fd();
+	int fd = get_unused_fd_flags(O_CLOEXEC);
 	int err;
 	struct sync_fence *fence2, *fence3;
 	struct sync_merge_data data;