diff --git a/linux-user/flatload.c b/linux-user/flatload.c
index fdcc4610fa..5b62aa0a2b 100644
--- a/linux-user/flatload.c
+++ b/linux-user/flatload.c
@@ -463,7 +463,7 @@ static int load_flat_file(struct linux_binprm * bprm,
         DBG_FLT("BINFMT_FLAT: ROM mapping of file (we hope)\n");
 
         textpos = target_mmap(0, text_len, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC,
-                              MAP_PRIVATE, bprm->fd, 0);
+                              MAP_PRIVATE, bprm->src.fd, 0);
         if (textpos == -1) {
             fprintf(stderr, "Unable to mmap process text\n");
             return -1;
@@ -490,7 +490,7 @@ static int load_flat_file(struct linux_binprm * bprm,
         } else
 #endif
         {
-            result = target_pread(bprm->fd, datapos,
+            result = target_pread(bprm->src.fd, datapos,
                                   data_len + (relocs * sizeof(abi_ulong)),
                                   fpos);
         }
@@ -540,10 +540,10 @@ static int load_flat_file(struct linux_binprm * bprm,
         else
 #endif
         {
-            result = target_pread(bprm->fd, textpos,
+            result = target_pread(bprm->src.fd, textpos,
                                   text_len, 0);
             if (result >= 0) {
-                result = target_pread(bprm->fd, datapos,
+                result = target_pread(bprm->src.fd, datapos,
                     data_len + (relocs * sizeof(abi_ulong)),
                     ntohl(hdr->data_start));
             }
diff --git a/linux-user/linuxload.c b/linux-user/linuxload.c
index 5b7e9ab983..4a794f8cea 100644
--- a/linux-user/linuxload.c
+++ b/linux-user/linuxload.c
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ static int prepare_binprm(struct linux_binprm *bprm)
     int mode;
     int retval;
 
-    if (fstat(bprm->fd, &st) < 0) {
+    if (fstat(bprm->src.fd, &st) < 0) {
         return -errno;
     }
 
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ static int prepare_binprm(struct linux_binprm *bprm)
         bprm->e_gid = st.st_gid;
     }
 
-    retval = read(bprm->fd, bprm->buf, BPRM_BUF_SIZE);
+    retval = read(bprm->src.fd, bprm->buf, BPRM_BUF_SIZE);
     if (retval < 0) {
         perror("prepare_binprm");
         exit(-1);
@@ -144,7 +144,6 @@ int loader_exec(int fdexec, const char *filename, char **argv, char **envp,
 {
     int retval;
 
-    bprm->fd = fdexec;
     bprm->src.fd = fdexec;
     bprm->filename = (char *)filename;
     bprm->argc = count(argv);
diff --git a/linux-user/loader.h b/linux-user/loader.h
index da6591fff0..a0834290e7 100644
--- a/linux-user/loader.h
+++ b/linux-user/loader.h
@@ -74,7 +74,6 @@ struct linux_binprm {
     char buf[BPRM_BUF_SIZE] __attribute__((aligned));
     ImageSource src;
     abi_ulong p;
-    int fd;
     int e_uid, e_gid;
     int argc, envc;
     char **argv;