diff --git a/fs/nfs/inode.c b/fs/nfs/inode.c
index 76ae25661d3f..851274b25d39 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/inode.c
@@ -950,6 +950,7 @@ int nfs_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
 	nfs_fscache_open_file(inode, filp);
 	return 0;
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nfs_open);
 
 /*
  * This function is called whenever some part of NFS notices that
diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4file.c b/fs/nfs/nfs4file.c
index 89a77950e0b0..8a0c301b0c69 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4file.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4file.c
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ nfs4_file_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
 		return err;
 
 	if ((openflags & O_ACCMODE) == 3)
-		openflags--;
+		return nfs_open(inode, filp);
 
 	/* We can't create new files here */
 	openflags &= ~(O_CREAT|O_EXCL);