1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index 26c28ec4f4af..db76b866a097 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -2489,6 +2489,10 @@ static int atomic_open(struct nameidata *nd, struct dentry *dentry,
                         dput(dentry);
                         dentry = file->f_path.dentry;
                 }
+                if (create_error && dentry->d_inode == NULL) {
+                        error = create_error;
+                        goto out;
+                }
                 goto looked_up;
         }