diff --git a/fs/gfs2/inode.c b/fs/gfs2/inode.c
index fc8ac2e..8108b4f 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/inode.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/inode.c
@@ -1244,6 +1244,9 @@
 	struct dentry *d;
 	bool excl = !!(flags & O_EXCL);
 
+	if (!d_unhashed(dentry))
+		goto skip_lookup;
+
 	d = __gfs2_lookup(dir, dentry, file, opened);
 	if (IS_ERR(d))
 		return PTR_ERR(d);
@@ -1260,6 +1263,8 @@
 	}
 
 	BUG_ON(d != NULL);
+
+skip_lookup:
 	if (!(flags & O_CREAT))
 		return -ENOENT;