diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/include/lustre/lustre_idl.h b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/include/lustre/lustre_idl.h
index 400ab3cd5877..a9661c0c6aa1 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/include/lustre/lustre_idl.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/include/lustre/lustre_idl.h
@@ -2252,6 +2252,11 @@ void lustre_swab_mdt_rec_setattr(struct mdt_rec_setattr *sa);
 					      */
 #define MDS_OPEN_RELEASE   02000000000000ULL /* Open the file for HSM release */
 
+#define MDS_OPEN_FL_INTERNAL (MDS_OPEN_HAS_EA | MDS_OPEN_HAS_OBJS |	\
+			      MDS_OPEN_OWNEROVERRIDE | MDS_OPEN_LOCK |	\
+			      MDS_OPEN_BY_FID | MDS_OPEN_LEASE |	\
+			      MDS_OPEN_RELEASE)
+
 enum mds_op_bias {
 	MDS_CHECK_SPLIT		= 1 << 0,
 	MDS_CROSS_REF		= 1 << 1,
diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/include/lustre_lite.h b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/include/lustre_lite.h
index b16897702559..a3d757348ec6 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/include/lustre_lite.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/include/lustre_lite.h
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@
 
 #include "obd_class.h"
 #include "lustre_net.h"
-#include "lustre_mds.h"
 #include "lustre_ha.h"
 
 /* 4UL * 1024 * 1024 */
diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/include/lustre_mds.h b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/include/lustre_mds.h
index 4104bd9bd5c4..23a7e4f78e9a 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/include/lustre_mds.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/include/lustre_mds.h
@@ -58,9 +58,6 @@ struct mds_group_info {
 #define MDD_OBD_NAME     "mdd_obd"
 #define MDD_OBD_UUID     "mdd_obd_uuid"
 
-/* these are local flags, used only on the client, private */
-#define M_CHECK_STALE	   0200000000
-
 /** @} mds */
 
 #endif
diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/file.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/file.c
index 563cdf65324e..015b0ab23bbd 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/file.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/file.c
@@ -379,53 +379,35 @@ int ll_file_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 	return rc;
 }
 
-static int ll_intent_file_open(struct dentry *dentry, void *lmm,
-			       int lmmsize, struct lookup_intent *itp)
+static int ll_intent_file_open(struct dentry *de, void *lmm, int lmmsize,
+			       struct lookup_intent *itp)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = d_inode(dentry);
+	struct inode *inode = d_inode(de);
 	struct ll_sb_info *sbi = ll_i2sbi(inode);
-	struct dentry *parent = dentry->d_parent;
-	const char *name = dentry->d_name.name;
-	const int len = dentry->d_name.len;
+	struct dentry *parent = de->d_parent;
+	const char *name = NULL;
 	struct md_op_data *op_data;
 	struct ptlrpc_request *req;
-	__u32 opc = LUSTRE_OPC_ANY;
-	int rc;
+	int len = 0, rc;
 
-	/* Usually we come here only for NFSD, and we want open lock. */
-	/* We can also get here if there was cached open handle in revalidate_it
-	 * but it disappeared while we were getting from there to ll_file_open.
-	 * But this means this file was closed and immediately opened which
-	 * makes a good candidate for using OPEN lock
+	LASSERT(parent);
+	LASSERT(itp->it_flags & MDS_OPEN_BY_FID);
+
+	/*
+	 * if server supports open-by-fid, or file name is invalid, don't pack
+	 * name in open request
 	 */
-	/* If lmmsize & lmm are not 0, we are just setting stripe info
-	 * parameters. No need for the open lock
-	 */
-	if (!lmm && lmmsize == 0) {
-		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;
+	if (!(exp_connect_flags(sbi->ll_md_exp) & OBD_CONNECT_OPEN_BY_FID) &&
+	    lu_name_is_valid_2(de->d_name.name, de->d_name.len)) {
+		name = de->d_name.name;
+		len = de->d_name.len;
 	}
 
-	op_data  = ll_prep_md_op_data(NULL, d_inode(parent),
-				      inode, name, len,
-				      O_RDWR, opc, NULL);
+	op_data  = ll_prep_md_op_data(NULL, d_inode(parent), inode, name, len,
+				      O_RDWR, LUSTRE_OPC_ANY, NULL);
 	if (IS_ERR(op_data))
 		return PTR_ERR(op_data);
 
-	itp->it_flags |= MDS_OPEN_BY_FID;
 	rc = md_intent_lock(sbi->ll_md_exp, op_data, lmm, lmmsize, itp,
 			    0 /*unused */, &req, ll_md_blocking_ast, 0);
 	ll_finish_md_op_data(op_data);
@@ -655,9 +637,19 @@ int ll_file_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 			 * result in a deadlock
 			 */
 			mutex_unlock(&lli->lli_och_mutex);
-			it->it_create_mode |= M_CHECK_STALE;
+			/*
+			 * Normally called under two situations:
+			 * 1. NFS export.
+			 * 2. revalidate with IT_OPEN (revalidate doesn't
+			 *    execute this intent any more).
+			 *
+			 * Always fetch MDS_OPEN_LOCK if this is not setstripe.
+			 *
+			 * Always specify MDS_OPEN_BY_FID because we don't want
+			 * to get file with different fid.
+			 */
+			it->it_flags |= MDS_OPEN_LOCK | MDS_OPEN_BY_FID;
 			rc = ll_intent_file_open(file->f_path.dentry, NULL, 0, it);
-			it->it_create_mode &= ~M_CHECK_STALE;
 			if (rc)
 				goto out_openerr;
 
@@ -1399,6 +1391,7 @@ int ll_lov_setstripe_ea_info(struct inode *inode, struct dentry *dentry,
 	}
 
 	ll_inode_size_lock(inode);
+	oit.it_flags |= MDS_OPEN_BY_FID;
 	rc = ll_intent_file_open(dentry, lum, lum_size, &oit);
 	if (rc)
 		goto out_unlock;
@@ -3066,7 +3059,6 @@ static int __ll_inode_revalidate(struct dentry *dentry, __u64 ibits)
 		if (IS_ERR(op_data))
 			return PTR_ERR(op_data);
 
-		oit.it_create_mode |= M_CHECK_STALE;
 		rc = md_intent_lock(exp, op_data, NULL, 0,
 				    /* we are not interested in name
 				     * based lookup
@@ -3074,7 +3066,6 @@ static int __ll_inode_revalidate(struct dentry *dentry, __u64 ibits)
 				    &oit, 0, &req,
 				    ll_md_blocking_ast, 0);
 		ll_finish_md_op_data(op_data);
-		oit.it_create_mode &= ~M_CHECK_STALE;
 		if (rc < 0) {
 			rc = ll_inode_revalidate_fini(inode, rc);
 			goto out;
diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/llite_internal.h b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/llite_internal.h
index 43269aaa85fb..b4e843a941b1 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/llite_internal.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/llite_internal.h
@@ -118,9 +118,7 @@ struct ll_inode_info {
 
 	/* identifying fields for both metadata and data stacks. */
 	struct lu_fid		   lli_fid;
-	/* Parent fid for accessing default stripe data on parent directory
-	 * for allocating OST objects after a mknod() and later open-by-FID.
-	 */
+	/* master inode fid for stripe directory */
 	struct lu_fid		   lli_pfid;
 
 	struct list_head	      lli_close_list;
diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/llite_lib.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/llite_lib.c
index 5f6343acc227..da00fbd30721 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/llite_lib.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/llite_lib.c
@@ -189,7 +189,8 @@ static int client_common_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, char *md, char *dt,
 				  OBD_CONNECT_PINGLESS |
 				  OBD_CONNECT_MAX_EASIZE |
 				  OBD_CONNECT_FLOCK_DEAD |
-				  OBD_CONNECT_DISP_STRIPE | OBD_CONNECT_LFSCK;
+				  OBD_CONNECT_DISP_STRIPE | OBD_CONNECT_LFSCK |
+				  OBD_CONNECT_OPEN_BY_FID;
 
 	if (sbi->ll_flags & LL_SBI_SOM_PREVIEW)
 		data->ocd_connect_flags |= OBD_CONNECT_SOM;
@@ -2364,20 +2365,6 @@ struct md_op_data *ll_prep_md_op_data(struct md_op_data *op_data,
 	op_data->op_mds = 0;
 	op_data->op_data = data;
 
-	/* If the file is being opened after mknod() (normally due to NFS)
-	 * try to use the default stripe data from parent directory for
-	 * allocating OST objects.  Try to pass the parent FID to MDS.
-	 */
-	if (opc == LUSTRE_OPC_CREATE && i1 == i2 && S_ISREG(i2->i_mode) &&
-	    !ll_i2info(i2)->lli_has_smd) {
-		struct ll_inode_info *lli = ll_i2info(i2);
-
-		spin_lock(&lli->lli_lock);
-		if (likely(!lli->lli_has_smd && !fid_is_zero(&lli->lli_pfid)))
-			op_data->op_fid1 = lli->lli_pfid;
-		spin_unlock(&lli->lli_lock);
-	}
-
 	/* When called by ll_setattr_raw, file is i1. */
 	if (ll_i2info(i1)->lli_flags & LLIF_DATA_MODIFIED)
 		op_data->op_bias |= MDS_DATA_MODIFIED;
diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/llite_nfs.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/llite_nfs.c
index ac96d897ab50..2b652407c239 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/llite_nfs.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/llite_nfs.c
@@ -148,12 +148,18 @@ ll_iget_for_nfs(struct super_block *sb, struct lu_fid *fid, struct lu_fid *paren
 		return ERR_PTR(-ESTALE);
 	}
 
+	result = d_obtain_alias(inode);
+	if (IS_ERR(result)) {
+		iput(inode);
+		return result;
+	}
+
 	/**
-	 * It is an anonymous dentry without OST objects created yet.
-	 * We have to find the parent to tell MDS how to init lov objects.
+	 * In case d_obtain_alias() found a disconnected dentry, always update
+	 * lli_pfid to allow later operation (normally open) have parent fid,
+	 * which may be used by MDS to create data.
 	 */
-	if (S_ISREG(inode->i_mode) && !ll_i2info(inode)->lli_has_smd &&
-	    parent && !fid_is_zero(parent)) {
+	if (parent) {
 		struct ll_inode_info *lli = ll_i2info(inode);
 
 		spin_lock(&lli->lli_lock);
diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/namei.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/namei.c
index ac0f44229a7b..ee5a42e5e95d 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/namei.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/namei.c
@@ -650,6 +650,7 @@ static int ll_atomic_open(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
 	}
 	it->it_create_mode = (mode & S_IALLUGO) | S_IFREG;
 	it->it_flags = (open_flags & ~O_ACCMODE) | OPEN_FMODE(open_flags);
+	it->it_flags &= ~MDS_OPEN_FL_INTERNAL;
 
 	/* Dentry added to dcache tree in ll_lookup_it */
 	de = ll_lookup_it(dir, dentry, it, lookup_flags);
diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/lmv/lmv_intent.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/lmv/lmv_intent.c
index 761ab248f855..cde1d7b6bfc2 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/lmv/lmv_intent.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/lmv/lmv_intent.c
@@ -111,10 +111,6 @@ static int lmv_intent_remote(struct obd_export *exp, void *lmm,
 		 */
 		LASSERT(it->it_op & IT_OPEN);
 		op_data->op_fid2 = *parent_fid;
-		/* Add object FID to op_fid3, in case it needs to check stale
-		 * (M_CHECK_STALE), see mdc_finish_intent_lock
-		 */
-		op_data->op_fid3 = body->mbo_fid1;
 	}
 
 	op_data->op_bias = MDS_CROSS_REF;
@@ -313,17 +309,16 @@ static int lmv_intent_open(struct obd_export *exp, struct md_op_data *op_data,
 	struct mdt_body		*body;
 	int			rc;
 
-	if (it->it_flags & MDS_OPEN_BY_FID && fid_is_sane(&op_data->op_fid2)) {
-		if (op_data->op_mea1) {
-			struct lmv_stripe_md *lsm = op_data->op_mea1;
-			const struct lmv_oinfo *oinfo;
+	if (it->it_flags & MDS_OPEN_BY_FID) {
+		LASSERT(fid_is_sane(&op_data->op_fid2));
 
-			oinfo = lsm_name_to_stripe_info(lsm, op_data->op_name,
-							op_data->op_namelen);
-			if (IS_ERR(oinfo))
-				return PTR_ERR(oinfo);
-			op_data->op_fid1 = oinfo->lmo_fid;
-		}
+		/*
+		 * for striped directory, we can't know parent stripe fid
+		 * without name, but we can set it to child fid, and MDT
+		 * will obtain it from linkea in open in such case.
+		 */
+		if (op_data->op_mea1)
+			op_data->op_fid1 = op_data->op_fid2;
 
 		tgt = lmv_find_target(lmv, &op_data->op_fid2);
 		if (IS_ERR(tgt))
@@ -331,6 +326,10 @@ static int lmv_intent_open(struct obd_export *exp, struct md_op_data *op_data,
 
 		op_data->op_mds = tgt->ltd_idx;
 	} else {
+		LASSERT(fid_is_sane(&op_data->op_fid1));
+		LASSERT(fid_is_zero(&op_data->op_fid2));
+		LASSERT(op_data->op_name);
+
 		tgt = lmv_locate_mds(lmv, op_data, &op_data->op_fid1);
 		if (IS_ERR(tgt))
 			return PTR_ERR(tgt);
@@ -339,13 +338,11 @@ static int lmv_intent_open(struct obd_export *exp, struct md_op_data *op_data,
 	/* If it is ready to open the file by FID, do not need
 	 * allocate FID at all, otherwise it will confuse MDT
 	 */
-	if ((it->it_op & IT_CREAT) &&
-	    !(it->it_flags & MDS_OPEN_BY_FID)) {
+	if ((it->it_op & IT_CREAT) && !(it->it_flags & MDS_OPEN_BY_FID)) {
 		/*
-		 * For open with IT_CREATE and for IT_CREATE cases allocate new
-		 * fid and setup FLD for it.
+		 * For lookup(IT_CREATE) cases allocate new fid and setup FLD
+		 * for it.
 		 */
-		op_data->op_fid3 = op_data->op_fid2;
 		rc = lmv_fid_alloc(NULL, exp, &op_data->op_fid2, op_data);
 		if (rc != 0)
 			return rc;
@@ -494,9 +491,9 @@ int lmv_intent_lock(struct obd_export *exp, struct md_op_data *op_data,
 
 	LASSERT(fid_is_sane(&op_data->op_fid1));
 
-	CDEBUG(D_INODE, "INTENT LOCK '%s' for '%*s' on "DFID"\n",
-	       LL_IT2STR(it), op_data->op_namelen, op_data->op_name,
-	       PFID(&op_data->op_fid1));
+	CDEBUG(D_INODE, "INTENT LOCK '%s' for "DFID" '%*s' on "DFID"\n",
+	       LL_IT2STR(it), PFID(&op_data->op_fid2), op_data->op_namelen,
+	       op_data->op_name, PFID(&op_data->op_fid1));
 
 	rc = lmv_check_connect(obd);
 	if (rc)
diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/mdc/mdc_internal.h b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/mdc/mdc_internal.h
index 00e8435b938f..1901b9339526 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/mdc/mdc_internal.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/mdc/mdc_internal.h
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@
 #define _MDC_INTERNAL_H
 
 #include "../include/lustre_mdc.h"
-#include "../include/lustre_mds.h"
 
 void lprocfs_mdc_init_vars(struct lprocfs_static_vars *lvars);
 
diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/mdc/mdc_lib.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/mdc/mdc_lib.c
index 813f923b5785..aa496f3381db 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/mdc/mdc_lib.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/mdc/mdc_lib.c
@@ -171,10 +171,7 @@ void mdc_create_pack(struct ptlrpc_request *req, struct md_op_data *op_data,
 static __u64 mds_pack_open_flags(__u64 flags, __u32 mode)
 {
 	__u64 cr_flags = (flags & (FMODE_READ | FMODE_WRITE |
-				   MDS_OPEN_HAS_EA | MDS_OPEN_HAS_OBJS |
-				   MDS_OPEN_OWNEROVERRIDE | MDS_OPEN_LOCK |
-				   MDS_OPEN_BY_FID | MDS_OPEN_LEASE |
-				   MDS_OPEN_RELEASE));
+				   MDS_OPEN_FL_INTERNAL));
 	if (flags & O_CREAT)
 		cr_flags |= MDS_OPEN_CREAT;
 	if (flags & O_EXCL)
diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/mdc/mdc_locks.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/mdc/mdc_locks.c
index fab83ddeef65..1c3b78d4dd4c 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/mdc/mdc_locks.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/mdc/mdc_locks.c
@@ -922,27 +922,6 @@ static int mdc_finish_intent_lock(struct obd_export *exp,
 	mdt_body = req_capsule_server_get(&request->rq_pill, &RMF_MDT_BODY);
 	LASSERT(mdt_body);      /* mdc_enqueue checked */
 
-	/* If we were revalidating a fid/name pair, mark the intent in
-	 * case we fail and get called again from lookup
-	 */
-	if (fid_is_sane(&op_data->op_fid2) &&
-	    it->it_create_mode & M_CHECK_STALE &&
-	    it->it_op != IT_GETATTR) {
-		/* Also: did we find the same inode? */
-		/* sever can return one of two fids:
-		 * op_fid2 - new allocated fid - if file is created.
-		 * op_fid3 - existent fid - if file only open.
-		 * op_fid3 is saved in lmv_intent_open
-		 */
-		if ((!lu_fid_eq(&op_data->op_fid2, &mdt_body->mbo_fid1)) &&
-		    (!lu_fid_eq(&op_data->op_fid3, &mdt_body->mbo_fid1))) {
-			CDEBUG(D_DENTRY, "Found stale data "DFID"("DFID")/"DFID
-			       "\n", PFID(&op_data->op_fid2),
-			       PFID(&op_data->op_fid2), PFID(&mdt_body->mbo_fid1));
-			return -ESTALE;
-		}
-	}
-
 	rc = it_open_error(DISP_LOOKUP_EXECD, it);
 	if (rc)
 		return rc;
diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/obdclass/lprocfs_status.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/obdclass/lprocfs_status.c
index f42ed17996d7..fbb08517d57a 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/obdclass/lprocfs_status.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/obdclass/lprocfs_status.c
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ static const char * const obd_connect_names[] = {
 	"pingless",
 	"flock_deadlock",
 	"disp_stripe",
-	"unknown",
+	"open_by_fid",
 	"lfsck",
 	"unknown",
 	NULL