diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c b/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c
index 2c9a1a20e014..ae5d25075f67 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c
@@ -104,6 +104,11 @@ opaque_hashval(const void *ptr, int nbytes)
 
 static struct list_head del_recall_lru;
 
+static void nfsd4_free_file(struct nfs4_file *f)
+{
+	kmem_cache_free(file_slab, f);
+}
+
 static inline void
 put_nfs4_file(struct nfs4_file *fi)
 {
@@ -111,7 +116,7 @@ put_nfs4_file(struct nfs4_file *fi)
 		list_del(&fi->fi_hash);
 		spin_unlock(&recall_lock);
 		iput(fi->fi_inode);
-		kmem_cache_free(file_slab, fi);
+		nfsd4_free_file(fi);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -2190,30 +2195,28 @@ out:
 	return status;
 }
 
-/* OPEN Share state helper functions */
-static inline struct nfs4_file *
-alloc_init_file(struct inode *ino)
+static struct nfs4_file *nfsd4_alloc_file(void)
+{
+	return kmem_cache_alloc(file_slab, GFP_KERNEL);
+}
+
+/* OPEN Share state helper functions */
+static void nfsd4_init_file(struct nfs4_file *fp, struct inode *ino)
 {
-	struct nfs4_file *fp;
 	unsigned int hashval = file_hashval(ino);
 
-	fp = kmem_cache_alloc(file_slab, GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (fp) {
-		atomic_set(&fp->fi_ref, 1);
-		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&fp->fi_hash);
-		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&fp->fi_stateids);
-		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&fp->fi_delegations);
-		fp->fi_inode = igrab(ino);
-		fp->fi_had_conflict = false;
-		fp->fi_lease = NULL;
-		memset(fp->fi_fds, 0, sizeof(fp->fi_fds));
-		memset(fp->fi_access, 0, sizeof(fp->fi_access));
-		spin_lock(&recall_lock);
-		list_add(&fp->fi_hash, &file_hashtbl[hashval]);
-		spin_unlock(&recall_lock);
-		return fp;
-	}
-	return NULL;
+	atomic_set(&fp->fi_ref, 1);
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&fp->fi_hash);
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&fp->fi_stateids);
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&fp->fi_delegations);
+	fp->fi_inode = igrab(ino);
+	fp->fi_had_conflict = false;
+	fp->fi_lease = NULL;
+	memset(fp->fi_fds, 0, sizeof(fp->fi_fds));
+	memset(fp->fi_access, 0, sizeof(fp->fi_access));
+	spin_lock(&recall_lock);
+	list_add(&fp->fi_hash, &file_hashtbl[hashval]);
+	spin_unlock(&recall_lock);
 }
 
 static void
@@ -2509,6 +2512,13 @@ nfsd4_process_open1(struct nfsd4_compound_state *cstate,
 
 	if (STALE_CLIENTID(&open->op_clientid))
 		return nfserr_stale_clientid;
+	/*
+	 * In case we need it later, after we've already created the
+	 * file and don't want to risk a further failure:
+	 */
+	open->op_file = nfsd4_alloc_file();
+	if (open->op_file == NULL)
+		return nfserr_jukebox;
 
 	strhashval = open_ownerstr_hashval(clientid->cl_id, &open->op_owner);
 	oo = find_openstateowner_str(strhashval, open);
@@ -2884,9 +2894,9 @@ nfsd4_process_open2(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct svc_fh *current_fh, struct nf
 		if (open->op_claim_type == NFS4_OPEN_CLAIM_DELEGATE_CUR)
 			goto out;
 		status = nfserr_jukebox;
-		fp = alloc_init_file(ino);
-		if (fp == NULL)
-			goto out;
+		fp = open->op_file;
+		open->op_file = NULL;
+		nfsd4_init_file(fp, ino);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -2960,6 +2970,8 @@ void nfsd4_cleanup_open_state(struct nfsd4_open *open, __be32 status)
 				oo->oo_flags &= ~NFS4_OO_NEW;
 		}
 	}
+	if (open->op_file)
+		nfsd4_free_file(open->op_file);
 }
 
 __be32
diff --git a/fs/nfsd/xdr4.h b/fs/nfsd/xdr4.h
index 32e6fd8d9768..502dd43634f9 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/xdr4.h
+++ b/fs/nfsd/xdr4.h
@@ -228,6 +228,7 @@ struct nfsd4_open {
 	u32		op_rflags;          /* response */
 	int		op_truncate;        /* used during processing */
 	struct nfs4_openowner *op_openowner; /* used during processing */
+	struct nfs4_file *op_file;          /* used during processing */
 	struct nfs4_acl *op_acl;
 };
 #define op_iattr	iattr