diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/namei.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/namei.c
index 8938d37feca7..93c3744e09ff 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/namei.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/namei.c
@@ -468,6 +468,12 @@ int ll_lookup_it_finish(struct ptlrpc_request *request,
 		if (IS_ERR(alias))
 			return PTR_ERR(alias);
 		*de = alias;
+	} else if (!it_disposition(it, DISP_LOOKUP_NEG)  &&
+		   !it_disposition(it, DISP_OPEN_CREATE)) {
+		/* With DISP_OPEN_CREATE dentry will
+		   instantiated in ll_create_it. */
+		LASSERT((*de)->d_inode == NULL);
+		d_instantiate(*de, inode);
 	}
 
 	if (!it_disposition(it, DISP_LOOKUP_NEG)) {