1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/fs/nfs/dir.c b/fs/nfs/dir.c
index 3f0def65b8ab..166a833be661 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/dir.c
@@ -992,9 +992,10 @@ static struct dentry *nfs_atomic_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry
         }
         dentry->d_op = NFS_PROTO(dir)->dentry_ops;
 
-        /* Let vfs_create() deal with O_EXCL */
+        /* Let vfs_create() deal with O_EXCL. Instantiate, but don't hash
+         * the dentry. */
         if (nd->intent.open.flags & O_EXCL) {
-                d_add(dentry, NULL);
+                d_instantiate(dentry, NULL);
                 goto out;
         }