diff --git a/fs/gfs2/ops_inode.c b/fs/gfs2/ops_inode.c
index 534e1e2c65ca63b3303cbeef81789ad82d893ea2..d232991b9046bf6888964c330b8c9abf0bb82723 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/ops_inode.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/ops_inode.c
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ static int gfs2_create(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
 			mark_inode_dirty(inode);
 			break;
 		} else if (PTR_ERR(inode) != -EEXIST ||
-			   (nd && (nd->intent.open.flags & O_EXCL))) {
+			   (nd && nd->flags & LOOKUP_EXCL)) {
 			gfs2_holder_uninit(ghs);
 			return PTR_ERR(inode);
 		}
diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index e584f04745b543e0cff7c912d1fc936ed38e3905..2b8f823eda442d383e517df4895c989a84c13c01 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -1709,6 +1709,8 @@ struct file *do_filp_open(int dfd, const char *pathname,
 	dir = nd.path.dentry;
 	nd.flags &= ~LOOKUP_PARENT;
 	nd.flags |= LOOKUP_CREATE | LOOKUP_OPEN;
+	if (flag & O_EXCL)
+		nd.flags |= LOOKUP_EXCL;
 	mutex_lock(&dir->d_inode->i_mutex);
 	path.dentry = lookup_hash(&nd);
 	path.mnt = nd.path.mnt;
@@ -1906,7 +1908,7 @@ struct dentry *lookup_create(struct nameidata *nd, int is_dir)
 	if (nd->last_type != LAST_NORM)
 		goto fail;
 	nd->flags &= ~LOOKUP_PARENT;
-	nd->flags |= LOOKUP_CREATE;
+	nd->flags |= LOOKUP_CREATE | LOOKUP_EXCL;
 	nd->intent.open.flags = O_EXCL;
 
 	/*
diff --git a/fs/nfs/dir.c b/fs/nfs/dir.c
index efdba2e802d78bcdf520794e964e873fce793280..c216c8786c511049f45738fdf5c3191118a26a8b 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/dir.c
@@ -707,9 +707,7 @@ static int nfs_is_exclusive_create(struct inode *dir, struct nameidata *nd)
 {
 	if (NFS_PROTO(dir)->version == 2)
 		return 0;
-	if (nd == NULL || nfs_lookup_check_intent(nd, LOOKUP_CREATE) == 0)
-		return 0;
-	return (nd->intent.open.flags & O_EXCL) != 0;
+	return nd && nfs_lookup_check_intent(nd, LOOKUP_EXCL);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -1009,7 +1007,7 @@ static struct dentry *nfs_atomic_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry
 
 	/* Let vfs_create() deal with O_EXCL. Instantiate, but don't hash
 	 * the dentry. */
-	if (nd->intent.open.flags & O_EXCL) {
+	if (nd->flags & LOOKUP_EXCL) {
 		d_instantiate(dentry, NULL);
 		goto out;
 	}
diff --git a/include/linux/namei.h b/include/linux/namei.h
index 221e8bc894baedbc194b215c029dde4ba9a81ed9..6b5627afd2eb6cce8cb237b54129002963011088 100644
--- a/include/linux/namei.h
+++ b/include/linux/namei.h
@@ -51,8 +51,9 @@ enum {LAST_NORM, LAST_ROOT, LAST_DOT, LAST_DOTDOT, LAST_BIND};
 /*
  * Intent data
  */
-#define LOOKUP_OPEN		(0x0100)
-#define LOOKUP_CREATE		(0x0200)
+#define LOOKUP_OPEN		0x0100
+#define LOOKUP_CREATE		0x0200
+#define LOOKUP_EXCL		0x0400
 
 extern int user_path_at(int, const char __user *, unsigned, struct path *);