diff --git a/fs/ceph/file.c b/fs/ceph/file.c
index d415096800a6..2c71cbd78332 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/file.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/file.c
@@ -243,6 +243,9 @@ int ceph_atomic_open(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
 	err = ceph_mdsc_do_request(mdsc,
 				   (flags & (O_CREAT|O_TRUNC)) ? dir : NULL,
 				   req);
+	if (err)
+		goto out_err;
+
 	err = ceph_handle_snapdir(req, dentry, err);
 	if (err == 0 && (flags & O_CREAT) && !req->r_reply_info.head->is_dentry)
 		err = ceph_handle_notrace_create(dir, dentry);