diff --git a/fs/gfs2/inode.c b/fs/gfs2/inode.c
index c850579ae5a4..6c6401084d3d 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/inode.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/inode.c
@@ -1255,7 +1255,7 @@ static int gfs2_atomic_open(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
 		if (!(*opened & FILE_OPENED))
 			return finish_no_open(file, d);
 		dput(d);
-		return 0;
+		return excl && (flags & O_CREAT) ? -EEXIST : 0;
 	}
 
 	BUG_ON(d != NULL);