diff --git a/fs/pipe.c b/fs/pipe.c
index 3c185b6..8be381b 100644
--- a/fs/pipe.c
+++ b/fs/pipe.c
@@ -957,13 +957,10 @@
 	struct dentry *dentry;
 	struct qstr name = { .name = "" };
 
-	f = get_empty_filp();
-	if (!f)
-		return ERR_PTR(-ENFILE);
 	err = -ENFILE;
 	inode = get_pipe_inode();
 	if (!inode)
-		goto err_file;
+		goto err;
 
 	err = -ENOMEM;
 	dentry = d_alloc(pipe_mnt->mnt_sb->s_root, &name);
@@ -978,22 +975,24 @@
 	 */
 	dentry->d_flags &= ~DCACHE_UNHASHED;
 	d_instantiate(dentry, inode);
-	f->f_path.mnt = mntget(pipe_mnt);
-	f->f_path.dentry = dentry;
+
+	err = -ENFILE;
+	f = alloc_file(pipe_mnt, dentry, FMODE_WRITE, &write_pipe_fops);
+	if (!f)
+		goto err_dentry;
 	f->f_mapping = inode->i_mapping;
 
 	f->f_flags = O_WRONLY;
-	f->f_op = &write_pipe_fops;
-	f->f_mode = FMODE_WRITE;
 	f->f_version = 0;
 
 	return f;
 
+ err_dentry:
+	dput(dentry);
  err_inode:
 	free_pipe_info(inode);
 	iput(inode);
- err_file:
-	put_filp(f);
+ err:
 	return ERR_PTR(err);
 }