diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/file.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/file.c
index 39c487d33d2e34199deb2d5d6384a1794b8ea5b1..57281b9e31ffc1d71691bab4ba08a8037282ceb3 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/file.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/file.c
@@ -399,7 +399,19 @@ static int ll_intent_file_open(struct dentry *dentry, void *lmm,
 	 * parameters. No need for the open lock
 	 */
 	if (!lmm && lmmsize == 0) {
-		itp->it_flags |= MDS_OPEN_LOCK;
+		struct ll_dentry_data *ldd = ll_d2d(dentry);
+		/*
+		 * If we came via ll_iget_for_nfs, then we need to request
+		 * struct ll_dentry_data *ldd = ll_d2d(file->f_dentry);
+		 *
+		 * NB: when ldd is NULL, it must have come via normal
+		 * lookup path only, since ll_iget_for_nfs always calls
+		 * ll_d_init().
+		 */
+		if (ldd && ldd->lld_nfs_dentry) {
+			ldd->lld_nfs_dentry = 0;
+			itp->it_flags |= MDS_OPEN_LOCK;
+		}
 		if (itp->it_flags & FMODE_WRITE)
 			opc = LUSTRE_OPC_CREATE;
 	}
diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/llite_internal.h b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/llite_internal.h
index 08cc2c169807c81bb6e6215270bf09038402358c..4d6d589a1677892ece653ab14aeeee920c8fec13 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/llite_internal.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/llite_internal.h
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ struct ll_dentry_data {
 	struct lookup_intent		*lld_it;
 	unsigned int			lld_sa_generation;
 	unsigned int			lld_invalid:1;
+	unsigned int			lld_nfs_dentry:1;
 	struct rcu_head			lld_rcu_head;
 };
 
diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/llite_nfs.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/llite_nfs.c
index d7878e504aca5a7470a8f0332e91007ea80bcfa2..65972c892731498a76330beeac6c700da7026e39 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/llite_nfs.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/llite_nfs.c
@@ -168,6 +168,24 @@ ll_iget_for_nfs(struct super_block *sb, struct lu_fid *fid, struct lu_fid *paren
 
 	/* N.B. d_obtain_alias() drops inode ref on error */
 	result = d_obtain_alias(inode);
+	if (!IS_ERR(result)) {
+		int rc;
+
+		rc = ll_d_init(result);
+		if (rc < 0) {
+			dput(result);
+			result = ERR_PTR(rc);
+		} else {
+			struct ll_dentry_data *ldd = ll_d2d(result);
+
+			/*
+			 * Need to signal to the ll_intent_file_open that
+			 * we came from NFS and so opencache needs to be
+			 * enabled for this one
+			 */
+			ldd->lld_nfs_dentry = 1;
+		}
+	}
 
 	return result;
 }