diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index 618d3531cf9f7a9221e56e7fa9b6a27556c7d893..e133bf3bbb03c2ba4360a6bbb536f4b91c7e95f3 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -2418,7 +2418,7 @@ static int atomic_open(struct nameidata *nd, struct dentry *dentry,
 	if ((open_flag & O_CREAT) && !IS_POSIXACL(dir))
 		mode &= ~current_umask();
 
-	if (open_flag & O_EXCL) {
+	if ((open_flag & (O_EXCL | O_CREAT)) == (O_EXCL | O_CREAT)) {
 		open_flag &= ~O_TRUNC;
 		*opened |= FILE_CREATED;
 	}
@@ -2742,7 +2742,7 @@ static int do_last(struct nameidata *nd, struct path *path,
 	}
 
 	error = -EEXIST;
-	if (open_flag & O_EXCL)
+	if ((open_flag & (O_EXCL | O_CREAT)) == (O_EXCL | O_CREAT))
 		goto exit_dput;
 
 	error = follow_managed(path, nd->flags);