diff --git a/fs/inode/fs_files.c b/fs/inode/fs_files.c
index af466e8f99..6d549d2313 100644
--- a/fs/inode/fs_files.c
+++ b/fs/inode/fs_files.c
@@ -188,6 +188,11 @@ int file_dup2(FAR struct file *filep1, FAR struct file *filep2)
       return -EBADF;
     }
 
+  if (filep1 == filep2)
+    {
+      return OK;
+    }
+
   list = nxsched_get_files();
 
   /* The file list can be NULL under two cases:  (1) One is an obscure
diff --git a/fs/vfs/fs_dupfd.c b/fs/vfs/fs_dupfd.c
index 5364bdef93..c3525ae79d 100644
--- a/fs/vfs/fs_dupfd.c
+++ b/fs/vfs/fs_dupfd.c
@@ -32,12 +32,6 @@
 
 #include "inode/inode.h"
 
-/****************************************************************************
- * Pre-processor Definitions
- ****************************************************************************/
-
-#define DUP_ISOPEN(filep) (filep->f_inode != NULL)
-
 /****************************************************************************
  * Public Functions
  ****************************************************************************/
@@ -61,14 +55,7 @@ int file_dup(FAR struct file *filep, int minfd)
   int fd2;
   int ret;
 
-  /* Verify that fd is a valid, open file descriptor */
-
-  if (!DUP_ISOPEN(filep))
-    {
-      return -EBADF;
-    }
-
-  /* Then allocate a new file descriptor for the inode */
+  /* Allocate a new file descriptor for the inode */
 
   fd2 = files_allocate(NULL, 0, 0, minfd);
   if (fd2 < 0)
diff --git a/fs/vfs/fs_dupfd2.c b/fs/vfs/fs_dupfd2.c
index d314a224ac..3ad7aa0c28 100644
--- a/fs/vfs/fs_dupfd2.c
+++ b/fs/vfs/fs_dupfd2.c
@@ -46,16 +46,6 @@
 
 #include "inode/inode.h"
 
-/****************************************************************************
- * Pre-processor Definitions
- ****************************************************************************/
-
-#define DUP_ISOPEN(filep) (filep->f_inode != NULL)
-
-/****************************************************************************
- * Private Functions
- ****************************************************************************/
-
 /****************************************************************************
  * Public Functions
  ****************************************************************************/
@@ -93,20 +83,6 @@ int fs_dupfd2(int fd1, int fd2)
 
   DEBUGASSERT(filep1 != NULL && filep2 != NULL);
 
-  /* Verify that fd1 is a valid, open file descriptor */
-
-  if (!DUP_ISOPEN(filep1))
-    {
-      return -EBADF;
-    }
-
-  /* Handle a special case */
-
-  if (fd1 == fd2)
-    {
-      return fd1;
-    }
-
   /* Perform the dup2 operation */
 
   return file_dup2(filep1, filep2);