diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
index 4bfc33ad05637f58f9f0b675f058fd90085d4271..14881594dd07b9944a494d388722f4acf4b5457a 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
@@ -2466,9 +2466,9 @@ static int _nfs4_open_and_get_state(struct nfs4_opendata *opendata,
 		dentry = d_add_unique(dentry, igrab(state->inode));
 		if (dentry == NULL) {
 			dentry = opendata->dentry;
-		} else if (dentry != ctx->dentry) {
+		} else {
 			dput(ctx->dentry);
-			ctx->dentry = dget(dentry);
+			ctx->dentry = dentry;
 		}
 		nfs_set_verifier(dentry,
 				nfs_save_change_attribute(d_inode(opendata->dir)));