diff --git a/fs/nfs/inode.c b/fs/nfs/inode.c
index 668ac19af58f..d25b55ceb9d5 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/inode.c
@@ -935,6 +935,7 @@ 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 679e003818b1..d3e3761eacfa 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);