diff --git a/fs/open.c b/fs/open.c
index c80f83f88b6..3f716e9b896 100644
--- a/fs/open.c
+++ b/fs/open.c
@@ -691,6 +691,10 @@ static struct file *__dentry_open(struct dentry *dentry, struct vfsmount *mnt,
 		return f;
 	}
 
+	if (S_ISREG(inode->i_mode))
+		f->f_mode |= FMODE_SPLICE_WRITE | FMODE_SPLICE_READ;
+
+
 	f->f_op = fops_get(inode->i_fop);
 
 	error = security_dentry_open(f, cred);
diff --git a/fs/splice.c b/fs/splice.c
index f61382ed61e..8011d35684e 100644
--- a/fs/splice.c
+++ b/fs/splice.c
@@ -379,6 +379,9 @@ __generic_file_splice_read(struct file *in, loff_t *ppos,
 		index++;
 	}
 
+	if (unlikely(!(in->f_mode & FMODE_SPLICE_READ)))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
 	/*
 	 * Now loop over the map and see if we need to start IO on any
 	 * pages, fill in the partial map, etc.
@@ -1073,6 +1076,9 @@ static ssize_t default_file_splice_write(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe,
 {
 	ssize_t ret;
 
+	if (unlikely(!(out->f_mode & FMODE_SPLICE_WRITE)))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
 	ret = splice_from_pipe(pipe, out, ppos, len, flags, write_pipe_buf);
 	if (ret > 0)
 		*ppos += ret;
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index d279c9b50ae..ef6e82ce1c1 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -123,6 +123,11 @@ struct inodes_stat_t {
 /* File was opened by fanotify and shouldn't generate fanotify events */
 #define FMODE_NONOTIFY		((__force fmode_t)0x1000000)
 
+/* File can be read using splice */
+#define FMODE_SPLICE_READ       ((__force fmode_t)0x8000000)
+/* File can be written using splice */
+#define FMODE_SPLICE_WRITE      ((__force fmode_t)0x10000000)
+
 /*
  * The below are the various read and write types that we support. Some of
  * them include behavioral modifiers that send information down to the