diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index 32fd9655485b..c7e43536c49a 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -2003,18 +2003,22 @@ struct dentry *lookup_create(struct nameidata *nd, int is_dir)
 	if (IS_ERR(dentry))
 		goto fail;
 
+	if (dentry->d_inode)
+		goto eexist;
 	/*
 	 * Special case - lookup gave negative, but... we had foo/bar/
 	 * From the vfs_mknod() POV we just have a negative dentry -
 	 * all is fine. Let's be bastards - you had / on the end, you've
 	 * been asking for (non-existent) directory. -ENOENT for you.
 	 */
-	if (!is_dir && nd->last.name[nd->last.len] && !dentry->d_inode)
-		goto enoent;
+	if (unlikely(!is_dir && nd->last.name[nd->last.len])) {
+		dput(dentry);
+		dentry = ERR_PTR(-ENOENT);
+	}
 	return dentry;
-enoent:
+eexist:
 	dput(dentry);
-	dentry = ERR_PTR(-ENOENT);
+	dentry = ERR_PTR(-EEXIST);
 fail:
 	return dentry;
 }