diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/file.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/file.c
index c99b74117152ebc9285da1de50c372d4172d9241..382b53a8ce62d03af8e19181e3552b9b472804b9 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/file.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/file.c
@@ -394,21 +394,19 @@ int ll_file_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 	return rc;
 }
 
-static int ll_intent_file_open(struct file *file, void *lmm,
+static int ll_intent_file_open(struct dentry *dentry, void *lmm,
 			       int lmmsize, struct lookup_intent *itp)
 {
-	struct ll_sb_info *sbi = ll_i2sbi(file->f_dentry->d_inode);
-	struct dentry *parent = file->f_dentry->d_parent;
-	const char *name = file->f_dentry->d_name.name;
-	const int len = file->f_dentry->d_name.len;
+	struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode;
+	struct ll_sb_info *sbi = ll_i2sbi(inode);
+	struct dentry *parent = dentry->d_parent;
+	const char *name = dentry->d_name.name;
+	const int len = dentry->d_name.len;
 	struct md_op_data *op_data;
 	struct ptlrpc_request *req;
 	__u32 opc = LUSTRE_OPC_ANY;
 	int rc;
 
-	if (!parent)
-		return -ENOENT;
-
 	/* Usually we come here only for NFSD, and we want open lock.
 	   But we can also get here with pre 2.6.15 patchless kernels, and in
 	   that case that lock is also ok */
@@ -425,7 +423,7 @@ static int ll_intent_file_open(struct file *file, void *lmm,
 	}
 
 	op_data  = ll_prep_md_op_data(NULL, parent->d_inode,
-				      file->f_dentry->d_inode, name, len,
+				      inode, name, len,
 				      O_RDWR, opc, NULL);
 	if (IS_ERR(op_data))
 		return PTR_ERR(op_data);
@@ -441,7 +439,7 @@ static int ll_intent_file_open(struct file *file, void *lmm,
 		if (!it_disposition(itp, DISP_OPEN_OPEN) ||
 		     it_open_error(DISP_OPEN_OPEN, itp))
 			goto out;
-		ll_release_openhandle(file->f_dentry, itp);
+		ll_release_openhandle(dentry, itp);
 		goto out;
 	}
 
@@ -456,10 +454,9 @@ static int ll_intent_file_open(struct file *file, void *lmm,
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	rc = ll_prep_inode(&file->f_dentry->d_inode, req, NULL, itp);
+	rc = ll_prep_inode(&inode, req, NULL, itp);
 	if (!rc && itp->d.lustre.it_lock_mode)
-		ll_set_lock_data(sbi->ll_md_exp, file->f_dentry->d_inode,
-				 itp, NULL);
+		ll_set_lock_data(sbi->ll_md_exp, inode, itp, NULL);
 
 out:
 	ptlrpc_req_finished(req);
@@ -652,7 +649,7 @@ int ll_file_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 			   result in a deadlock */
 			mutex_unlock(&lli->lli_och_mutex);
 			it->it_create_mode |= M_CHECK_STALE;
-			rc = ll_intent_file_open(file, NULL, 0, it);
+			rc = ll_intent_file_open(file->f_path.dentry, NULL, 0, it);
 			it->it_create_mode &= ~M_CHECK_STALE;
 			if (rc)
 				goto out_openerr;
@@ -1371,7 +1368,7 @@ int ll_lov_setstripe_ea_info(struct inode *inode, struct file *file,
 	}
 
 	ll_inode_size_lock(inode);
-	rc = ll_intent_file_open(file, lum, lum_size, &oit);
+	rc = ll_intent_file_open(file->f_path.dentry, lum, lum_size, &oit);
 	if (rc)
 		goto out_unlock;
 	rc = oit.d.lustre.it_status;