1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/fs/nfs/dir.c b/fs/nfs/dir.c
index 90bc4025ca3c..1255891e5695 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/dir.c
@@ -1518,7 +1518,7 @@ int nfs_atomic_open(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
                 d_drop(dentry);
                 switch (err) {
                 case -ENOENT:
-                        d_add(dentry, NULL);
+                        d_splice_alias(NULL, dentry);
                         nfs_set_verifier(dentry, nfs_save_change_attribute(dir));
                         break;
                 case -EISDIR: