diff --git a/fs/exec.c b/fs/exec.c
index a466e797c8e2..238473de1ec5 100644
--- a/fs/exec.c
+++ b/fs/exec.c
@@ -152,8 +152,6 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE1(uselib, const char __user *, library)
 			 path_noexec(&file->f_path)))
 		goto exit;
 
-	fsnotify_open(file);
-
 	error = -ENOEXEC;
 
 	read_lock(&binfmt_lock);
@@ -934,9 +932,6 @@ static struct file *do_open_execat(int fd, struct filename *name, int flags)
 	if (err)
 		goto exit;
 
-	if (name->name[0] != '\0')
-		fsnotify_open(file);
-
 out:
 	return file;
 
diff --git a/fs/fhandle.c b/fs/fhandle.c
index fd0d6a3b3699..6ea8d35a9382 100644
--- a/fs/fhandle.c
+++ b/fs/fhandle.c
@@ -242,7 +242,6 @@ static long do_handle_open(int mountdirfd, struct file_handle __user *ufh,
 		retval =  PTR_ERR(file);
 	} else {
 		retval = fd;
-		fsnotify_open(file);
 		fd_install(fd, file);
 	}
 	path_put(&path);
diff --git a/fs/open.c b/fs/open.c
index 4478adcc4f3a..005ca91a173b 100644
--- a/fs/open.c
+++ b/fs/open.c
@@ -969,6 +969,11 @@ static int do_dentry_open(struct file *f,
 		}
 	}
 
+	/*
+	 * Once we return a file with FMODE_OPENED, __fput() will call
+	 * fsnotify_close(), so we need fsnotify_open() here for symmetry.
+	 */
+	fsnotify_open(f);
 	return 0;
 
 cleanup_all:
@@ -1358,7 +1363,6 @@ static long do_sys_openat2(int dfd, const char __user *filename,
 			put_unused_fd(fd);
 			fd = PTR_ERR(f);
 		} else {
-			fsnotify_open(f);
 			fd_install(fd, f);
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/io_uring/openclose.c b/io_uring/openclose.c
index a1b98c81a52d..10ca57f5bd24 100644
--- a/io_uring/openclose.c
+++ b/io_uring/openclose.c
@@ -150,7 +150,6 @@ int io_openat2(struct io_kiocb *req, unsigned int issue_flags)
 
 	if ((issue_flags & IO_URING_F_NONBLOCK) && !nonblock_set)
 		file->f_flags &= ~O_NONBLOCK;
-	fsnotify_open(file);
 
 	if (!fixed)
 		fd_install(ret, file);