diff --git a/include/linux/syscalls.h b/include/linux/syscalls.h
index b91a19f5ecd..63e8205174d 100644
--- a/include/linux/syscalls.h
+++ b/include/linux/syscalls.h
@@ -859,7 +859,7 @@ asmlinkage long sys_process_vm_writev(pid_t pid,
 				      unsigned long riovcnt,
 				      unsigned long flags);
 
-asmlinkage long sys_finit_module(int fd, const char __user *uargs);
+asmlinkage long sys_finit_module(int fd, const char __user *uargs, int flags);
 asmlinkage long sys_seccomp(unsigned int op, unsigned int flags,
 			    const char __user *uargs);
 
diff --git a/kernel/module.c b/kernel/module.c
index c0268d2ae3f..27f667f978c 100644
--- a/kernel/module.c
+++ b/kernel/module.c
@@ -3498,7 +3498,7 @@ static int init_module_permission(void)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-SYSCALL_DEFINE2(finit_module, int, fd, const char __user *, uargs)
+SYSCALL_DEFINE3(finit_module, int, fd, const char __user *, uargs, int, flags)
 {
 	int err;
 	struct load_info info = { };
@@ -3507,7 +3507,10 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE2(finit_module, int, fd, const char __user *, uargs)
 	if (err)
 		return err;
 
-	pr_debug("finit_module: fd=%d, uargs=%p\n", fd, uargs);
+	pr_debug("finit_module: fd=%d, uargs=%p, flags=%i\n", fd, uargs, flags);
+
+	if (flags)
+		return -EINVAL;
 
 	if (fd < 0)
 		return -ENOEXEC;