diff --git a/fs/ceph/file.c b/fs/ceph/file.c
index 8b79d87eaf46..2ebcbd4c163b 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/file.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/file.c
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ int ceph_atomic_open(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
 	if (err)
 		goto out_req;
 
-	if (err == 0 && (flags & O_CREAT) && !req->r_reply_info.head->is_dentry)
+	if ((flags & O_CREAT) && !req->r_reply_info.head->is_dentry)
 		err = ceph_handle_notrace_create(dir, dentry);
 
 	if (d_unhashed(dentry)) {