diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/namei.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/namei.c
index bc1a644aa502..1d03a6f8e4ad 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/namei.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/namei.c
@@ -583,11 +583,8 @@ static struct dentry *ll_lookup_nd(struct inode *parent, struct dentry *dentry,
 	       parent->i_generation, parent, flags);
 
 	/* Optimize away (CREATE && !OPEN). Let .create handle the race. */
-	if ((flags & LOOKUP_CREATE ) && !(flags & LOOKUP_OPEN)) {
-		__d_lustre_invalidate(dentry);
-		d_add(dentry, NULL);
+	if ((flags & LOOKUP_CREATE) && !(flags & LOOKUP_OPEN))
 		return NULL;
-	}
 
 	if (flags & (LOOKUP_PARENT|LOOKUP_OPEN|LOOKUP_CREATE))
 		itp = NULL;