diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 41f95d663321..9063af76655d 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: af2f55426d1d888dcc0ba8dc9e9deb49fae38e38
+refs/heads/master: 050ac841ea90610067fec26150574be8c6077738
diff --git a/trunk/fs/namei.c b/trunk/fs/namei.c
index 4767c0588b6e..90210b46b461 100644
--- a/trunk/fs/namei.c
+++ b/trunk/fs/namei.c
@@ -2384,7 +2384,7 @@ static struct file *do_last(struct nameidata *nd, struct path *path,
 	if (error)
 		return ERR_PTR(error);
 	error = -EISDIR;
-	if (S_ISDIR(nd->inode->i_mode))
+	if ((open_flag & O_CREAT) && S_ISDIR(nd->inode->i_mode))
 		goto exit;
 	error = -ENOTDIR;
 	if ((nd->flags & LOOKUP_DIRECTORY) && !nd->inode->i_op->lookup)