diff --git a/fs/open.c b/fs/open.c
index 17cb6b1dab753b..081d3d6df74ba5 100644
--- a/fs/open.c
+++ b/fs/open.c
@@ -840,16 +840,12 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(file_path);
 int vfs_open(const struct path *path, struct file *file,
 	     const struct cred *cred)
 {
-	struct dentry *dentry = path->dentry;
-	struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = vfs_select_inode(path->dentry, file->f_flags);
 
-	file->f_path = *path;
-	if (dentry->d_flags & DCACHE_OP_SELECT_INODE) {
-		inode = dentry->d_op->d_select_inode(dentry, file->f_flags);
-		if (IS_ERR(inode))
-			return PTR_ERR(inode);
-	}
+	if (IS_ERR(inode))
+		return PTR_ERR(inode);
 
+	file->f_path = *path;
 	return do_dentry_open(file, inode, NULL, cred);
 }
 
diff --git a/include/linux/dcache.h b/include/linux/dcache.h
index 4bb4de8d95ea58..7e9422cb5989c2 100644
--- a/include/linux/dcache.h
+++ b/include/linux/dcache.h
@@ -565,4 +565,16 @@ static inline struct dentry *d_real(struct dentry *dentry)
 		return dentry;
 }
 
+static inline struct inode *vfs_select_inode(struct dentry *dentry,
+					     unsigned open_flags)
+{
+	struct inode *inode = d_inode(dentry);
+
+	if (inode && unlikely(dentry->d_flags & DCACHE_OP_SELECT_INODE))
+		inode = dentry->d_op->d_select_inode(dentry, open_flags);
+
+	return inode;
+}
+
+
 #endif	/* __LINUX_DCACHE_H */