diff --git a/fs/file.c b/fs/file.c
index dbca26ef7a01..dd49bc77d5cf 100644
--- a/fs/file.c
+++ b/fs/file.c
@@ -1046,10 +1046,11 @@ unsigned long __fdget_raw(unsigned int fd)
  * not be, and for directories this is a correctness
  * issue, not a "POSIX requirement".
  */
-static inline bool file_needs_f_pos_lock(struct file *file)
+static inline bool file_needs_f_pos_lock(const struct file *file)
 {
 	return (file->f_mode & FMODE_ATOMIC_POS) &&
-		(file_count(file) > 1 || S_ISDIR(file_inode(file)->i_mode));
+	       (file_count(file) > 1 ||
+		file->f_op->iterate_shared || file->f_op->iterate);
 }
 
 unsigned long __fdget_pos(unsigned int fd)