diff --git a/fs/fsopen.c b/fs/fsopen.c
index 6593ae518115..18fe979da7e2 100644
--- a/fs/fsopen.c
+++ b/fs/fsopen.c
@@ -220,10 +220,6 @@ static int vfs_cmd_create(struct fs_context *fc, bool exclusive)
 	if (!mount_capable(fc))
 		return -EPERM;
 
-	/* require the new mount api */
-	if (exclusive && fc->ops == &legacy_fs_context_ops)
-		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
-
 	fc->phase = FS_CONTEXT_CREATING;
 	fc->exclusive = exclusive;
 
@@ -411,6 +407,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE5(fsconfig,
 		case FSCONFIG_SET_PATH:
 		case FSCONFIG_SET_PATH_EMPTY:
 		case FSCONFIG_SET_FD:
+		case FSCONFIG_CMD_CREATE_EXCL:
 			ret = -EOPNOTSUPP;
 			goto out_f;
 		}