1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/fs/ceph/file.c b/fs/ceph/file.c
index d277f71abe0b..d2854cd2f4f5 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/file.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/file.c
@@ -462,6 +462,9 @@ int ceph_atomic_open(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
                 err = ceph_security_init_secctx(dentry, mode, &as_ctx);
                 if (err < 0)
                         goto out_ctx;
+        } else if (!d_in_lookup(dentry)) {
+                /* If it's not being looked up, it's negative */
+                return -ENOENT;
         }
 
         /* do the open */