diff --git a/fs/nfs/inode.c b/fs/nfs/inode.c
index e51d86707fca..e72900c059ee 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/inode.c
@@ -1180,7 +1180,6 @@ int nfs_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
 	nfs_fscache_open_file(inode, filp);
 	return 0;
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nfs_open);
 
 /*
  * This function is called whenever some part of NFS notices that
diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4file.c b/fs/nfs/nfs4file.c
index d258933cf8c8..f336d0a4190e 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4file.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4file.c
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ nfs4_file_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
 		return err;
 
 	if ((openflags & O_ACCMODE) == 3)
-		return nfs_open(inode, filp);
+		openflags--;
 
 	/* We can't create new files here */
 	openflags &= ~(O_CREAT|O_EXCL);