1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/fs/nfs/dir.c b/fs/nfs/dir.c
index 98b18aaf45c9..90bc4025ca3c 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/dir.c
@@ -1431,8 +1431,10 @@ static int nfs_finish_open(struct nfs_open_context *ctx,
         err = finish_open(file, dentry, do_open, opened);
         if (err)
                 goto out;
-        nfs_file_set_open_context(file, ctx);
-
+        if (S_ISREG(file->f_path.dentry->d_inode->i_mode))
+                nfs_file_set_open_context(file, ctx);
+        else
+                err = -ESTALE;
 out:
         return err;
 }