diff --git a/fs/nfs/inode.c b/fs/nfs/inode.c
index 11bf15800ac9974204491ab0f7570ca063dbddfb..a10fb87c6ac33b8196bf25617b58d13a70c90f41 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/inode.c
@@ -959,16 +959,16 @@ struct nfs_open_context *alloc_nfs_open_context(struct dentry *dentry,
 						struct file *filp)
 {
 	struct nfs_open_context *ctx;
-	const struct cred *cred = get_current_cred();
 
 	ctx = kmalloc(sizeof(*ctx), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!ctx) {
-		put_cred(cred);
+	if (!ctx)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
-	}
 	nfs_sb_active(dentry->d_sb);
 	ctx->dentry = dget(dentry);
-	ctx->cred = cred;
+	if (filp)
+		ctx->cred = get_cred(filp->f_cred);
+	else
+		ctx->cred = get_current_cred();
 	ctx->ll_cred = NULL;
 	ctx->state = NULL;
 	ctx->mode = f_mode;