diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/syscalls.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/syscalls.c
index 49c87769b1f8f96936ac713be1b42014062adf51..c23617c6baf39ed1f4854f1f2ed2fde10ebd8e33 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/syscalls.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/syscalls.c
@@ -69,9 +69,9 @@ static long do_spu_create(const char __user *pathname, unsigned int flags,
 	if (!IS_ERR(tmp)) {
 		struct nameidata nd;
 
-		ret = path_lookup(tmp, LOOKUP_PARENT|
-				LOOKUP_OPEN|LOOKUP_CREATE, &nd);
+		ret = path_lookup(tmp, LOOKUP_PARENT, &nd);
 		if (!ret) {
+			nd.flags |= LOOKUP_OPEN | LOOKUP_CREATE;
 			ret = spufs_create(&nd, flags, mode, neighbor);
 			path_put(&nd.path);
 		}