diff --git a/fs/kernel_read_file.c b/fs/kernel_read_file.c
index 5d826274570c..209c56764442 100644
--- a/fs/kernel_read_file.c
+++ b/fs/kernel_read_file.c
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 #include <linux/kernel_read_file.h>
 #include <linux/security.h>
 #include <linux/vmalloc.h>
+#include <linux/fdtable.h>
 
 /**
  * kernel_read_file() - read file contents into a kernel buffer
@@ -171,17 +172,166 @@ ssize_t kernel_read_file_from_path_initns(const char *path, loff_t offset,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kernel_read_file_from_path_initns);
 
+DEFINE_MUTEX(kread_dup_mutex);
+static LIST_HEAD(kread_dup_reqs);
+
+struct kread_dup_req {
+	struct list_head list;
+	char name[PATH_MAX];
+	struct completion first_req_done;
+	struct work_struct complete_work;
+	struct delayed_work delete_work;
+	int dup_ret;
+};
+
+static struct kread_dup_req *kread_dup_request_lookup(char *name)
+{
+	struct kread_dup_req *kread_req;
+
+	list_for_each_entry_rcu(kread_req, &kread_dup_reqs, list,
+				lockdep_is_held(&kread_dup_mutex)) {
+		if (strlen(kread_req->name) == strlen(name) &&
+		    !memcmp(kread_req->name, name, strlen(name))) {
+			return kread_req;
+                }
+        }
+
+	return NULL;
+}
+
+static void kread_dup_request_delete(struct work_struct *work)
+{
+	struct kread_dup_req *kread_req;
+	kread_req = container_of(to_delayed_work(work), struct kread_dup_req, delete_work);
+
+	mutex_lock(&kread_dup_mutex);
+	list_del_rcu(&kread_req->list);
+	synchronize_rcu();
+	mutex_unlock(&kread_dup_mutex);
+	kfree(kread_req);
+}
+
+static void kread_dup_request_complete(struct work_struct *work)
+{
+	struct kread_dup_req *kread_req;
+
+	kread_req = container_of(work, struct kread_dup_req, complete_work);
+
+	complete_all(&kread_req->first_req_done);
+	queue_delayed_work(system_wq, &kread_req->delete_work, 60 * HZ);
+}
+
+static bool kread_dup_request_exists_wait(char *name, int *dup_ret)
+{
+	struct kread_dup_req *kread_req, *new_kread_req;
+	int ret;
+
+	/*
+	 * Pre-allocate the entry in case we have to use it later
+	 * to avoid contention with the mutex.
+	 */
+	new_kread_req = kzalloc(sizeof(*new_kread_req), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!new_kread_req)
+		return false;
+
+	memcpy(new_kread_req->name, name, strlen(name));
+	INIT_WORK(&new_kread_req->complete_work, kread_dup_request_complete);
+	INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&new_kread_req->delete_work, kread_dup_request_delete);
+	init_completion(&new_kread_req->first_req_done);
+
+	mutex_lock(&kread_dup_mutex);
+
+	kread_req = kread_dup_request_lookup(name);
+	if (!kread_req) {
+		/*
+		 * There was no duplicate, just add the request so we can
+		 * keep tab on duplicates later.
+		 */
+		//pr_info("New kread request for %s\n", name);
+		list_add_rcu(&new_kread_req->list, &kread_dup_reqs);
+		mutex_unlock(&kread_dup_mutex);
+		return false;
+	}
+	mutex_unlock(&kread_dup_mutex);
+
+	/* We are dealing with a duplicate request now */
+
+	kfree(new_kread_req);
+
+	//pr_warn("kread: duplicate request for file %s\n", name);
+
+	ret = wait_for_completion_state(&kread_req->first_req_done,
+					TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE | TASK_KILLABLE);
+	if (ret) {
+		*dup_ret = ret;
+		return true;
+	}
+
+	/* breath */
+	schedule_timeout(2*HZ);
+
+	*dup_ret = kread_req->dup_ret;
+
+	return true;
+}
+
+void kread_dup_request_announce(char *name, int ret)
+{
+	struct kread_dup_req *kread_req;
+
+	mutex_lock(&kread_dup_mutex);
+
+	kread_req = kread_dup_request_lookup(name);
+	if (!kread_req)
+		goto out;
+
+	kread_req->dup_ret = ret;
+
+	/*
+	 * If we complete() here we may allow duplicate threads
+	 * to continue before the first one that submitted the
+	 * request. We're in no rush but avoid boot delays caused
+	 * by these threads waiting too long.
+	 */
+	queue_work(system_wq, &kread_req->complete_work);
+
+out:
+	mutex_unlock(&kread_dup_mutex);
+}
+
 ssize_t kernel_read_file_from_fd(int fd, loff_t offset, void **buf,
 				 size_t buf_size, size_t *file_size,
 				 enum kernel_read_file_id id)
 {
 	struct fd f = fdget(fd);
 	ssize_t ret = -EBADF;
+	char *name, *path;
+	int dup_ret;
 
 	if (!f.file || !(f.file->f_mode & FMODE_READ))
 		goto out;
 
+	path = kzalloc(PATH_MAX, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!path)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	name = file_path(f.file, path, PATH_MAX);
+	if (IS_ERR(name)) {
+		ret = PTR_ERR(name);
+		goto out_mem;
+	}
+
+	if (kread_dup_request_exists_wait(name, &dup_ret)) {
+		ret = -EBUSY;
+		goto out_mem;
+	}
+
 	ret = kernel_read_file(f.file, offset, buf, buf_size, file_size, id);
+
+	kread_dup_request_announce(name, ret);
+
+out_mem:
+	kfree(path);
 out:
 	fdput(f);
 	return ret;
diff --git a/kernel/module/main.c b/kernel/module/main.c
index 1ed373145278..e99419b4d85c 100644
--- a/kernel/module/main.c
+++ b/kernel/module/main.c
@@ -3080,8 +3080,10 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE3(finit_module, int, fd, const char __user *, uargs, int, flags)
 	len = kernel_read_file_from_fd(fd, 0, &buf, INT_MAX, NULL,
 				       READING_MODULE);
 	if (len < 0) {
-		mod_stat_inc(&failed_kreads);
-		mod_stat_add_long(len, &invalid_kread_bytes);
+		if (len != -EBUSY) {
+			mod_stat_inc(&failed_kreads);
+			mod_stat_add_long(len, &invalid_kread_bytes);
+		}
 		return len;
 	}
 
