return -ENOMEM;
 }
 
-static int __rpc_create(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
-                       umode_t mode,
-                       const struct file_operations *i_fop,
-                       void *private)
-{
-       int err;
-
-       err = __rpc_create_common(dir, dentry, S_IFREG | mode, i_fop, private);
-       if (err)
-               return err;
-       fsnotify_create(dir, dentry);
-       return 0;
-}
-
 static void
 init_pipe(struct rpc_pipe *pipe)
 {
        return 0;
 }
 
+static int rpc_new_file(struct dentry *parent,
+                          const char *name,
+                          umode_t mode,
+                          const struct file_operations *i_fop,
+                          void *private)
+{
+       struct dentry *dentry = simple_start_creating(parent, name);
+       struct inode *dir = parent->d_inode;
+       struct inode *inode;
+
+       if (IS_ERR(dentry))
+               return PTR_ERR(dentry);
+
+       inode = rpc_get_inode(dir->i_sb, S_IFREG | mode);
+       if (unlikely(!inode)) {
+               dput(dentry);
+               inode_unlock(dir);
+               return -ENOMEM;
+       }
+       inode->i_ino = iunique(dir->i_sb, 100);
+       if (i_fop)
+               inode->i_fop = i_fop;
+       rpc_inode_setowner(inode, private);
+       d_instantiate(dentry, inode);
+       fsnotify_create(dir, dentry);
+       inode_unlock(dir);
+       return 0;
+}
+
 static struct dentry *rpc_new_dir(struct dentry *parent,
                                  const char *name,
                                  umode_t mode,
                        int start, int eof,
                        void *private)
 {
-       struct inode *dir = d_inode(parent);
        struct dentry *dentry;
        int i, err;
 
                        default:
                                BUG();
                        case S_IFREG:
-                               dentry = simple_start_creating(parent, files[i].name);
-                               err = PTR_ERR(dentry);
-                               if (IS_ERR(dentry))
-                                       goto out_bad;
-                               err = __rpc_create(dir, dentry,
+                               err = rpc_new_file(parent,
+                                               files[i].name,
                                                files[i].mode,
                                                files[i].i_fop,
                                                private);
-                               inode_unlock(dir);
+                               if (err)
+                                       goto out_bad;
                                break;
                        case S_IFDIR:
                                dentry = rpc_new_dir(parent,
                                                files[i].name,
                                                files[i].mode,
                                                private);
-                               err = PTR_ERR(dentry);
-                               if (IS_ERR(dentry))
+                               if (IS_ERR(dentry)) {
+                                       err = PTR_ERR(dentry);
                                        goto out_bad;
+                               }
                }
-               if (err != 0)
-                       goto out_bad;
        }
        return 0;
 out_bad: