diff --git a/fs/fuse/dir.c b/fs/fuse/dir.c
index 8890eba1db52..bd5a772d8ccf 100644
--- a/fs/fuse/dir.c
+++ b/fs/fuse/dir.c
@@ -485,7 +485,7 @@ static int fuse_mknod(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *entry, int mode,
 static int fuse_create(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *entry, int mode,
 		       struct nameidata *nd)
 {
-	if (nd && (nd->flags & LOOKUP_CREATE)) {
+	if (nd && (nd->flags & LOOKUP_OPEN)) {
 		int err = fuse_create_open(dir, entry, mode, nd);
 		if (err != -ENOSYS)
 			return err;