diff --git a/fs/coda/file.c b/fs/coda/file.c
index 99dbe866816d277ba5c90ccbf04ff92567725bee..e7d622709c90ed6ea7f676e5a7ac2d06d2e117a8 100644
--- a/fs/coda/file.c
+++ b/fs/coda/file.c
@@ -143,8 +143,11 @@ int coda_open(struct inode *coda_inode, struct file *coda_file)
 	lock_kernel();
 
 	error = venus_open(coda_inode->i_sb, coda_i2f(coda_inode), coda_flags,
-			   &host_file); 
-	if (error || !host_file) {
+			   &host_file);
+	if (!host_file)
+		error = -EIO;
+
+	if (error) {
 		kfree(cfi);
 		unlock_kernel();
 		return error;
diff --git a/fs/coda/psdev.c b/fs/coda/psdev.c
index 803aacf0d49c29576252dcbe2aa2ff8e73d9e5f5..09382d47a4e173fce313c5dc1c1a2238298e5fa3 100644
--- a/fs/coda/psdev.c
+++ b/fs/coda/psdev.c
@@ -195,7 +195,8 @@ static ssize_t coda_psdev_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buf,
 	if (req->uc_opcode == CODA_OPEN_BY_FD) {
 		struct coda_open_by_fd_out *outp =
 			(struct coda_open_by_fd_out *)req->uc_data;
-		outp->fh = fget(outp->fd);
+		if (!outp->oh.result)
+			outp->fh = fget(outp->fd);
 	}
 
         wake_up(&req->uc_sleep);
diff --git a/fs/coda/upcall.c b/fs/coda/upcall.c
index 5faacdb1a479275260222038fbf1b6f763fc6002..1651b918219a5b5c3032d0cf6fc8b980ba98d607 100644
--- a/fs/coda/upcall.c
+++ b/fs/coda/upcall.c
@@ -251,12 +251,12 @@ int venus_open(struct super_block *sb, struct CodaFid *fid,
 	insize = SIZE(open_by_fd);
 	UPARG(CODA_OPEN_BY_FD);
 
-        inp->coda_open.VFid = *fid;
-        inp->coda_open.flags = flags;
+	inp->coda_open_by_fd.VFid = *fid;
+	inp->coda_open_by_fd.flags = flags;
 
-        error = coda_upcall(coda_sbp(sb), insize, &outsize, inp);
-
-	*fh = outp->coda_open_by_fd.fh;
+	error = coda_upcall(coda_sbp(sb), insize, &outsize, inp);
+	if (!error)
+		*fh = outp->coda_open_by_fd.fh;
 
 	CODA_FREE(inp, insize);
 	return error;