diff --git a/fs/nfsd/vfs.c b/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
index f501a9b..89d1ae3 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
@@ -649,6 +649,7 @@
 {
 	struct path	path;
 	struct inode	*inode;
+	struct file	*file;
 	int		flags = O_RDONLY|O_LARGEFILE;
 	__be32		err;
 	int		host_err = 0;
@@ -703,19 +704,25 @@
 		else
 			flags = O_WRONLY|O_LARGEFILE;
 	}
-	*filp = dentry_open(&path, flags, current_cred());
-	if (IS_ERR(*filp)) {
-		host_err = PTR_ERR(*filp);
-		*filp = NULL;
-	} else {
-		host_err = ima_file_check(*filp, may_flags);
 
-		if (may_flags & NFSD_MAY_64BIT_COOKIE)
-			(*filp)->f_mode |= FMODE_64BITHASH;
-		else
-			(*filp)->f_mode |= FMODE_32BITHASH;
+	file = dentry_open(&path, flags, current_cred());
+	if (IS_ERR(file)) {
+		host_err = PTR_ERR(file);
+		goto out_nfserr;
 	}
 
+	host_err = ima_file_check(file, may_flags);
+	if (host_err) {
+		nfsd_close(file);
+		goto out_nfserr;
+	}
+
+	if (may_flags & NFSD_MAY_64BIT_COOKIE)
+		file->f_mode |= FMODE_64BITHASH;
+	else
+		file->f_mode |= FMODE_32BITHASH;
+
+	*filp = file;
 out_nfserr:
 	err = nfserrno(host_err);
 out: