diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/namei.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/namei.c
index 804451fabfbf39dce069b3159973b9b47274edae..52422338a666e4153776d1591eb33634bd0d022c 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/namei.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/namei.c
@@ -523,8 +523,7 @@ static struct dentry *ll_lookup_it(struct inode *parent, struct dentry *dentry,
 	icbd.icbd_childp = &dentry;
 	icbd.icbd_parent = parent;
 
-	if (it->it_op & IT_CREAT ||
-	    (it->it_op & IT_OPEN && it->it_create_mode & O_CREAT))
+	if (it->it_op & IT_CREAT)
 		opc = LUSTRE_OPC_CREATE;
 	else
 		opc = LUSTRE_OPC_ANY;
@@ -623,7 +622,7 @@ static int ll_atomic_open(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	it->it_op = IT_OPEN;
-	if (mode) {
+	if (open_flags & O_CREAT) {
 		it->it_op |= IT_CREAT;
 		lookup_flags |= LOOKUP_CREATE;
 	}