diff --git a/fs/nfs/dir.c b/fs/nfs/dir.c
index 07ac3847e562..635ff65d3092 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/dir.c
@@ -1345,12 +1345,12 @@ static struct dentry *nfs_atomic_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry
 				res = NULL;
 				goto out;
 			/* This turned out not to be a regular file */
-			case -EISDIR:
 			case -ENOTDIR:
 				goto no_open;
 			case -ELOOP:
 				if (!(nd->intent.open.flags & O_NOFOLLOW))
 					goto no_open;
+			/* case -EISDIR: */
 			/* case -EINVAL: */
 			default:
 				res = ERR_CAST(inode);