diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
index d1ab0c36e939a0fc2f927bda7df5eb1f36b71488..5d87563d0c1a96d0b33a71c4d44801e3237e2267 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
@@ -744,19 +744,14 @@ static struct nfs4_opendata *nfs4_opendata_alloc(struct path *path,
 	p->o_arg.server = server;
 	p->o_arg.bitmask = server->attr_bitmask;
 	p->o_arg.claim = NFS4_OPEN_CLAIM_NULL;
-	if (flags & O_EXCL) {
-		if (nfs4_has_persistent_session(server->nfs_client)) {
-			/* GUARDED */
-			p->o_arg.u.attrs = &p->attrs;
-			memcpy(&p->attrs, attrs, sizeof(p->attrs));
-		} else { /* EXCLUSIVE4_1 */
-			u32 *s = (u32 *) p->o_arg.u.verifier.data;
-			s[0] = jiffies;
-			s[1] = current->pid;
-		}
-	} else if (flags & O_CREAT) {
+	if (flags & O_CREAT) {
+		u32 *s;
+
 		p->o_arg.u.attrs = &p->attrs;
 		memcpy(&p->attrs, attrs, sizeof(p->attrs));
+		s = (u32 *) p->o_arg.u.verifier.data;
+		s[0] = jiffies;
+		s[1] = current->pid;
 	}
 	p->c_arg.fh = &p->o_res.fh;
 	p->c_arg.stateid = &p->o_res.stateid;
diff --git a/include/linux/nfs_xdr.h b/include/linux/nfs_xdr.h
index 51914d7d6cc4c4f0ab4dd120dd6020f5626a567f..a319cb926abf74ea7b77cd6e030a69391974f529 100644
--- a/include/linux/nfs_xdr.h
+++ b/include/linux/nfs_xdr.h
@@ -196,8 +196,10 @@ struct nfs_openargs {
 	__u64                   clientid;
 	__u64                   id;
 	union {
-		struct iattr *  attrs;    /* UNCHECKED, GUARDED */
-		nfs4_verifier   verifier; /* EXCLUSIVE */
+		struct {
+			struct iattr *  attrs;    /* UNCHECKED, GUARDED */
+			nfs4_verifier   verifier; /* EXCLUSIVE */
+		};
 		nfs4_stateid	delegation;		/* CLAIM_DELEGATE_CUR */
 		fmode_t		delegation_type;	/* CLAIM_PREVIOUS */
 	} u;