1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/fs/nfsd/vfs.c b/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
index 97d79eff6b7f..8715d194561a 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
@@ -752,7 +752,8 @@ nfsd_open(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct svc_fh *fhp, int type,
                             flags, current_cred());
         if (IS_ERR(*filp))
                 host_err = PTR_ERR(*filp);
-        host_err = ima_file_check(*filp, access);
+        else
+                host_err = ima_file_check(*filp, access);
 out_nfserr:
         err = nfserrno(host_err);
 out: