diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
index d79a7b37e56c..fe0cd9eb1d4d 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
@@ -2068,8 +2068,7 @@ nfs4_open_revalidate(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, int openflags, st
 			case -EDQUOT:
 			case -ENOSPC:
 			case -EROFS:
-				lookup_instantiate_filp(nd, (struct dentry *)state, NULL);
-				return 1;
+				return PTR_ERR(state);
 			default:
 				goto out_drop;
 		}