diff --git a/arch/alpha/include/uapi/asm/fcntl.h b/arch/alpha/include/uapi/asm/fcntl.h
index dfdadb0..09f49a6 100644
--- a/arch/alpha/include/uapi/asm/fcntl.h
+++ b/arch/alpha/include/uapi/asm/fcntl.h
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 #define O_SYNC		(__O_SYNC|O_DSYNC)
 
 #define O_PATH		040000000
-#define O_TMPFILE	0100000000
+#define __O_TMPFILE	0100000000
 
 #define F_GETLK		7
 #define F_SETLK		8
diff --git a/arch/parisc/include/uapi/asm/fcntl.h b/arch/parisc/include/uapi/asm/fcntl.h
index cc61c47..34a46cb 100644
--- a/arch/parisc/include/uapi/asm/fcntl.h
+++ b/arch/parisc/include/uapi/asm/fcntl.h
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 #define O_INVISIBLE	004000000 /* invisible I/O, for DMAPI/XDSM */
 
 #define O_PATH		020000000
-#define O_TMPFILE	040000000
+#define __O_TMPFILE	040000000
 
 #define F_GETLK64	8
 #define F_SETLK64	9
diff --git a/arch/sparc/include/uapi/asm/fcntl.h b/arch/sparc/include/uapi/asm/fcntl.h
index d73e5e0..7e8ace5 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/include/uapi/asm/fcntl.h
+++ b/arch/sparc/include/uapi/asm/fcntl.h
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 #define O_SYNC		(__O_SYNC|O_DSYNC)
 
 #define O_PATH		0x1000000
-#define O_TMPFILE	0x2000000
+#define __O_TMPFILE	0x2000000
 
 #define F_GETOWN	5	/*  for sockets. */
 #define F_SETOWN	6	/*  for sockets. */
diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index b2beee7..8b61d10 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -2977,7 +2977,7 @@
 
 	file->f_flags = op->open_flag;
 
-	if (unlikely(file->f_flags & O_TMPFILE)) {
+	if (unlikely(file->f_flags & __O_TMPFILE)) {
 		error = do_tmpfile(dfd, pathname, nd, flags, op, file, &opened);
 		goto out;
 	}
diff --git a/fs/open.c b/fs/open.c
index fca72c4..9156cb0 100644
--- a/fs/open.c
+++ b/fs/open.c
@@ -840,8 +840,8 @@
 	if (flags & __O_SYNC)
 		flags |= O_DSYNC;
 
-	if (flags & O_TMPFILE) {
-		if (!(flags & O_CREAT))
+	if (flags & __O_TMPFILE) {
+		if ((flags & O_TMPFILE_MASK) != O_TMPFILE)
 			return -EINVAL;
 		acc_mode = MAY_OPEN | ACC_MODE(flags);
 	} else if (flags & O_PATH) {
diff --git a/include/uapi/asm-generic/fcntl.h b/include/uapi/asm-generic/fcntl.h
index 06632be..05ac354 100644
--- a/include/uapi/asm-generic/fcntl.h
+++ b/include/uapi/asm-generic/fcntl.h
@@ -84,10 +84,14 @@
 #define O_PATH		010000000
 #endif
 
-#ifndef O_TMPFILE
-#define O_TMPFILE	020000000
+#ifndef __O_TMPFILE
+#define __O_TMPFILE	020000000
 #endif
 
+/* a horrid kludge trying to make sure that this will fail on old kernels */
+#define O_TMPFILE (__O_TMPFILE | O_DIRECTORY | O_RDWR)
+#define O_TMPFILE_MASK (__O_TMPFILE | O_DIRECTORY | O_CREAT | O_ACCMODE)      
+
 #ifndef O_NDELAY
 #define O_NDELAY	O_NONBLOCK
 #endif