diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_prime.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_prime.c
index 27aa718..df6cdc7 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_prime.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_prime.c
@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@
  * drm_gem_prime_export - helper library implementation of the export callback
  * @dev: drm_device to export from
  * @obj: GEM object to export
- * @flags: flags like DRM_CLOEXEC
+ * @flags: flags like DRM_CLOEXEC and DRM_RDWR
  *
  * This is the implementation of the gem_prime_export functions for GEM drivers
  * using the PRIME helpers.
@@ -628,7 +628,6 @@
 				 struct drm_file *file_priv)
 {
 	struct drm_prime_handle *args = data;
-	uint32_t flags;
 
 	if (!drm_core_check_feature(dev, DRIVER_PRIME))
 		return -EINVAL;
@@ -637,14 +636,11 @@
 		return -ENOSYS;
 
 	/* check flags are valid */
-	if (args->flags & ~DRM_CLOEXEC)
+	if (args->flags & ~(DRM_CLOEXEC | DRM_RDWR))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	/* we only want to pass DRM_CLOEXEC which is == O_CLOEXEC */
-	flags = args->flags & DRM_CLOEXEC;
-
 	return dev->driver->prime_handle_to_fd(dev, file_priv,
-			args->handle, flags, &args->fd);
+			args->handle, args->flags, &args->fd);
 }
 
 int drm_prime_fd_to_handle_ioctl(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,