diff --git a/fs/fuse/dir.c b/fs/fuse/dir.c
index 0979609d6eba8804aac53c5b11f32eeb94f91a75..82a13221775eab02b7a72f93b2f6bed2360e482a 100644
--- a/fs/fuse/dir.c
+++ b/fs/fuse/dir.c
@@ -1439,7 +1439,7 @@ static int fuse_dir_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 
 static int fuse_dir_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 {
-	fuse_release_common(file, FUSE_RELEASEDIR);
+	fuse_release_common(file, true);
 
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/fs/fuse/file.c b/fs/fuse/file.c
index a0ffed34b85d23edb825756d424c00578124e182..fbd6978479cb656f8c6bc9f228aca74a8690bf7d 100644
--- a/fs/fuse/file.c
+++ b/fs/fuse/file.c
@@ -87,12 +87,12 @@ static void fuse_release_end(struct fuse_conn *fc, struct fuse_req *req)
 	iput(req->misc.release.inode);
 }
 
-static void fuse_file_put(struct fuse_file *ff, bool sync)
+static void fuse_file_put(struct fuse_file *ff, bool sync, bool isdir)
 {
 	if (refcount_dec_and_test(&ff->count)) {
 		struct fuse_req *req = ff->reserved_req;
 
-		if (ff->fc->no_open) {
+		if (ff->fc->no_open && !isdir) {
 			/*
 			 * Drop the release request when client does not
 			 * implement 'open'
@@ -245,10 +245,11 @@ static void fuse_prepare_release(struct fuse_file *ff, int flags, int opcode)
 	req->in.args[0].value = inarg;
 }
 
-void fuse_release_common(struct file *file, int opcode)
+void fuse_release_common(struct file *file, bool isdir)
 {
 	struct fuse_file *ff = file->private_data;
 	struct fuse_req *req = ff->reserved_req;
+	int opcode = isdir ? FUSE_RELEASEDIR : FUSE_RELEASE;
 
 	fuse_prepare_release(ff, file->f_flags, opcode);
 
@@ -270,7 +271,7 @@ void fuse_release_common(struct file *file, int opcode)
 	 * synchronous RELEASE is allowed (and desirable) in this case
 	 * because the server can be trusted not to screw up.
 	 */
-	fuse_file_put(ff, ff->fc->destroy_req != NULL);
+	fuse_file_put(ff, ff->fc->destroy_req != NULL, isdir);
 }
 
 static int fuse_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
@@ -286,7 +287,7 @@ static int fuse_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 	if (fc->writeback_cache)
 		write_inode_now(inode, 1);
 
-	fuse_release_common(file, FUSE_RELEASE);
+	fuse_release_common(file, false);
 
 	/* return value is ignored by VFS */
 	return 0;
@@ -300,7 +301,7 @@ void fuse_sync_release(struct fuse_file *ff, int flags)
 	 * iput(NULL) is a no-op and since the refcount is 1 and everything's
 	 * synchronous, we are fine with not doing igrab() here"
 	 */
-	fuse_file_put(ff, true);
+	fuse_file_put(ff, true, false);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(fuse_sync_release);
 
@@ -805,7 +806,7 @@ static void fuse_readpages_end(struct fuse_conn *fc, struct fuse_req *req)
 		put_page(page);
 	}
 	if (req->ff)
-		fuse_file_put(req->ff, false);
+		fuse_file_put(req->ff, false, false);
 }
 
 static void fuse_send_readpages(struct fuse_req *req, struct file *file)
@@ -1459,7 +1460,7 @@ static void fuse_writepage_free(struct fuse_conn *fc, struct fuse_req *req)
 		__free_page(req->pages[i]);
 
 	if (req->ff)
-		fuse_file_put(req->ff, false);
+		fuse_file_put(req->ff, false, false);
 }
 
 static void fuse_writepage_finish(struct fuse_conn *fc, struct fuse_req *req)
@@ -1616,7 +1617,7 @@ int fuse_write_inode(struct inode *inode, struct writeback_control *wbc)
 	ff = __fuse_write_file_get(fc, fi);
 	err = fuse_flush_times(inode, ff);
 	if (ff)
-		fuse_file_put(ff, 0);
+		fuse_file_put(ff, false, false);
 
 	return err;
 }
@@ -1930,7 +1931,7 @@ static int fuse_writepages(struct address_space *mapping,
 		err = 0;
 	}
 	if (data.ff)
-		fuse_file_put(data.ff, false);
+		fuse_file_put(data.ff, false, false);
 
 	kfree(data.orig_pages);
 out:
diff --git a/fs/fuse/fuse_i.h b/fs/fuse/fuse_i.h
index f78e9614bb5f712d2936bffa2fa886c7027ba7c1..cec8b8e749695789b59c0f4e30d5a96972136045 100644
--- a/fs/fuse/fuse_i.h
+++ b/fs/fuse/fuse_i.h
@@ -749,7 +749,7 @@ void fuse_sync_release(struct fuse_file *ff, int flags);
 /**
  * Send RELEASE or RELEASEDIR request
  */
-void fuse_release_common(struct file *file, int opcode);
+void fuse_release_common(struct file *file, bool isdir);
 
 /**
  * Send FSYNC or FSYNCDIR request