return retval;
 }
 
-/**
- * path_lookup_open - lookup a file path with open intent
- * @dfd: the directory to use as base, or AT_FDCWD
- * @name: pointer to file name
- * @lookup_flags: lookup intent flags
- * @nd: pointer to nameidata
- * @open_flags: open intent flags
- */
-static int path_lookup_open(int dfd, const char *name,
-               unsigned int lookup_flags, struct nameidata *nd, int open_flags)
-{
-       struct file *filp = get_empty_filp();
-       int err;
-
-       if (filp == NULL)
-               return -ENFILE;
-       nd->intent.open.file = filp;
-       nd->intent.open.flags = open_flags;
-       nd->intent.open.create_mode = 0;
-       err = do_path_lookup(dfd, name, lookup_flags|LOOKUP_OPEN, nd);
-       if (IS_ERR(nd->intent.open.file)) {
-               if (err == 0) {
-                       err = PTR_ERR(nd->intent.open.file);
-                       path_put(&nd->path);
-               }
-       } else if (err != 0)
-               release_open_intent(nd);
-       return err;
-}
-
 static struct dentry *__lookup_hash(struct qstr *name,
                struct dentry *base, struct nameidata *nd)
 {
         * The simplest case - just a plain lookup.
         */
        if (!(flag & O_CREAT)) {
-               error = path_lookup_open(dfd, pathname, lookup_flags(flag),
-                                        &nd, flag);
+               filp = get_empty_filp();
+
+               if (filp == NULL)
+                       return ERR_PTR(-ENFILE);
+               nd.intent.open.file = filp;
+               nd.intent.open.flags = flag;
+               nd.intent.open.create_mode = 0;
+               error = do_path_lookup(dfd, pathname,
+                                       lookup_flags(flag)|LOOKUP_OPEN, &nd);
+               if (IS_ERR(nd.intent.open.file)) {
+                       if (error == 0) {
+                               error = PTR_ERR(nd.intent.open.file);
+                               path_put(&nd.path);
+                       }
+               } else if (error)
+                       release_open_intent(&nd);
                if (error)
                        return ERR_PTR(error);
                goto ok;