diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/file.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/file.c
index f36c5d8dbae0e71796ad2d5dca0e78540d86175c..82248e9f6bffcbb70477d42c526cefb3e0dbc464 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/file.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/file.c
@@ -368,6 +368,8 @@ static int ll_intent_file_open(struct file *file, void *lmm,
 {
 	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 md_op_data *op_data;
 	struct ptlrpc_request *req;
 	__u32 opc = LUSTRE_OPC_ANY;
@@ -392,9 +394,8 @@ 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, NULL, 0,
+				      file->f_dentry->d_inode, name, len,
 				      O_RDWR, opc, NULL);
-
 	if (IS_ERR(op_data))
 		return PTR_ERR(op_data);