1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/fs/nfsd/vfs.c b/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
index 8ff6a0019b0b..c827acb0e943 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
@@ -830,9 +830,10 @@ nfsd_open(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct svc_fh *fhp, umode_t type,
                         flags = O_WRONLY|O_LARGEFILE;
         }
         *filp = dentry_open(&path, flags, current_cred());
-        if (IS_ERR(*filp))
+        if (IS_ERR(*filp)) {
                 host_err = PTR_ERR(*filp);
-        else {
+                *filp = NULL;
+        } else {
                 host_err = ima_file_check(*filp, may_flags);
 
                 if (may_flags & NFSD_MAY_64BIT_COOKIE)