diff --git a/fs/binfmt_elf.c b/fs/binfmt_elf.c
index 512646da8255d8688ddc1dc78e0dba9a774978f8..31f264bd5126b941951769afc87476f5b18087c0 100644
--- a/fs/binfmt_elf.c
+++ b/fs/binfmt_elf.c
@@ -524,6 +524,19 @@ static inline int arch_check_elf(struct elfhdr *ehdr, bool has_interp,
 
 #endif /* !CONFIG_ARCH_BINFMT_ELF_STATE */
 
+static inline int make_prot(u32 p_flags)
+{
+	int prot = 0;
+
+	if (p_flags & PF_R)
+		prot |= PROT_READ;
+	if (p_flags & PF_W)
+		prot |= PROT_WRITE;
+	if (p_flags & PF_X)
+		prot |= PROT_EXEC;
+	return prot;
+}
+
 /* This is much more generalized than the library routine read function,
    so we keep this separate.  Technically the library read function
    is only provided so that we can read a.out libraries that have
@@ -563,16 +576,10 @@ static unsigned long load_elf_interp(struct elfhdr *interp_elf_ex,
 	for (i = 0; i < interp_elf_ex->e_phnum; i++, eppnt++) {
 		if (eppnt->p_type == PT_LOAD) {
 			int elf_type = MAP_PRIVATE | MAP_DENYWRITE;
-			int elf_prot = 0;
+			int elf_prot = make_prot(eppnt->p_flags);
 			unsigned long vaddr = 0;
 			unsigned long k, map_addr;
 
-			if (eppnt->p_flags & PF_R)
-		    		elf_prot = PROT_READ;
-			if (eppnt->p_flags & PF_W)
-				elf_prot |= PROT_WRITE;
-			if (eppnt->p_flags & PF_X)
-				elf_prot |= PROT_EXEC;
 			vaddr = eppnt->p_vaddr;
 			if (interp_elf_ex->e_type == ET_EXEC || load_addr_set)
 				elf_type |= MAP_FIXED_NOREPLACE;
@@ -891,7 +898,7 @@ static int load_elf_binary(struct linux_binprm *bprm)
 	   the correct location in memory. */
 	for(i = 0, elf_ppnt = elf_phdata;
 	    i < loc->elf_ex.e_phnum; i++, elf_ppnt++) {
-		int elf_prot = 0, elf_flags, elf_fixed = MAP_FIXED_NOREPLACE;
+		int elf_prot, elf_flags, elf_fixed = MAP_FIXED_NOREPLACE;
 		unsigned long k, vaddr;
 		unsigned long total_size = 0;
 
@@ -932,12 +939,7 @@ static int load_elf_binary(struct linux_binprm *bprm)
 			elf_fixed = MAP_FIXED;
 		}
 
-		if (elf_ppnt->p_flags & PF_R)
-			elf_prot |= PROT_READ;
-		if (elf_ppnt->p_flags & PF_W)
-			elf_prot |= PROT_WRITE;
-		if (elf_ppnt->p_flags & PF_X)
-			elf_prot |= PROT_EXEC;
+		elf_prot = make_prot(elf_ppnt->p_flags);
 
 		elf_flags = MAP_PRIVATE | MAP_DENYWRITE | MAP_EXECUTABLE;