diff --git a/fs/autofs4/root.c b/fs/autofs4/root.c
index 1e901e5..8735265 100644
--- a/fs/autofs4/root.c
+++ b/fs/autofs4/root.c
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@
 static struct dentry *autofs4_lookup(struct inode *,struct dentry *, struct nameidata *);
 static void *autofs4_follow_link(struct dentry *, struct nameidata *);
 
+#define TRIGGER_FLAGS   (LOOKUP_CONTINUE | LOOKUP_DIRECTORY)
+#define TRIGGER_INTENTS (LOOKUP_OPEN | LOOKUP_CREATE)
+
 const struct file_operations autofs4_root_operations = {
 	.open		= dcache_dir_open,
 	.release	= dcache_dir_close,
@@ -291,7 +294,7 @@
 			return status;
 		}
 	/* Trigger mount for path component or follow link */
-	} else if (flags & (LOOKUP_CONTINUE | LOOKUP_DIRECTORY) ||
+	} else if (flags & (TRIGGER_FLAGS | TRIGGER_INTENTS) ||
 			current->link_count) {
 		DPRINTK("waiting for mount name=%.*s",
 			dentry->d_name.len, dentry->d_name.name);
@@ -336,7 +339,7 @@
 		nd->flags);
 
 	/* If it's our master or we shouldn't trigger a mount we're done */
-	lookup_type = nd->flags & (LOOKUP_CONTINUE | LOOKUP_DIRECTORY);
+	lookup_type = nd->flags & (TRIGGER_FLAGS | TRIGGER_INTENTS);
 	if (oz_mode || !lookup_type)
 		goto done;