diff --git a/fs/fuse/dir.c b/fs/fuse/dir.c
index 8964cf3999b..324bc085053 100644
--- a/fs/fuse/dir.c
+++ b/fs/fuse/dir.c
@@ -383,6 +383,9 @@ static int fuse_create_open(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *entry,
 	struct fuse_entry_out outentry;
 	struct fuse_file *ff;
 
+	/* Userspace expects S_IFREG in create mode */
+	BUG_ON((mode & S_IFMT) != S_IFREG);
+
 	forget = fuse_alloc_forget();
 	err = -ENOMEM;
 	if (!forget)
diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index 1b464390dde..db76b866a09 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -2414,7 +2414,7 @@ static int atomic_open(struct nameidata *nd, struct dentry *dentry,
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	mode = op->mode & S_IALLUGO;
+	mode = op->mode;
 	if ((open_flag & O_CREAT) && !IS_POSIXACL(dir))
 		mode &= ~current_umask();
 
@@ -2452,7 +2452,7 @@ static int atomic_open(struct nameidata *nd, struct dentry *dentry,
 	}
 
 	if (open_flag & O_CREAT) {
-		error = may_o_create(&nd->path, dentry, op->mode);
+		error = may_o_create(&nd->path, dentry, mode);
 		if (error) {
 			create_error = error;
 			if (open_flag & O_EXCL)
@@ -2489,6 +2489,10 @@ static int atomic_open(struct nameidata *nd, struct dentry *dentry,
 			dput(dentry);
 			dentry = file->f_path.dentry;
 		}
+		if (create_error && dentry->d_inode == NULL) {
+			error = create_error;
+			goto out;
+		}
 		goto looked_up;
 	}
 
diff --git a/fs/open.c b/fs/open.c
index bc132e167d2..e1f2cdb91a4 100644
--- a/fs/open.c
+++ b/fs/open.c
@@ -852,9 +852,10 @@ static inline int build_open_flags(int flags, umode_t mode, struct open_flags *o
 	int lookup_flags = 0;
 	int acc_mode;
 
-	if (!(flags & O_CREAT))
-		mode = 0;
-	op->mode = mode;
+	if (flags & O_CREAT)
+		op->mode = (mode & S_IALLUGO) | S_IFREG;
+	else
+		op->mode = 0;
 
 	/* Must never be set by userspace */
 	flags &= ~FMODE_NONOTIFY;