diff --git a/fs/splice.c b/fs/splice.c
index 41900496d3bb..efdbfece9932 100644
--- a/fs/splice.c
+++ b/fs/splice.c
@@ -1372,8 +1372,7 @@ static long do_splice(struct file *in, loff_t __user *off_in,
 		if (off_in)
 			return -ESPIPE;
 		if (off_out) {
-			if (!out->f_op || !out->f_op->llseek ||
-			    out->f_op->llseek == no_llseek)
+			if (!(out->f_mode & FMODE_PWRITE))
 				return -EINVAL;
 			if (copy_from_user(&offset, off_out, sizeof(loff_t)))
 				return -EFAULT;
@@ -1393,8 +1392,7 @@ static long do_splice(struct file *in, loff_t __user *off_in,
 		if (off_out)
 			return -ESPIPE;
 		if (off_in) {
-			if (!in->f_op || !in->f_op->llseek ||
-			    in->f_op->llseek == no_llseek)
+			if (!(in->f_mode & FMODE_PREAD))
 				return -EINVAL;
 			if (copy_from_user(&offset, off_in, sizeof(loff_t)))
 				return -EFAULT;