diff --git a/fs/nfs/dir.c b/fs/nfs/dir.c
index 32e6c53..1b2d7eb 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/dir.c
@@ -2153,12 +2153,16 @@
 {
 	int mask = 0;
 
-	if ((openflags & O_ACCMODE) != O_WRONLY)
-		mask |= MAY_READ;
-	if ((openflags & O_ACCMODE) != O_RDONLY)
-		mask |= MAY_WRITE;
-	if (openflags & __FMODE_EXEC)
-		mask |= MAY_EXEC;
+	if (openflags & __FMODE_EXEC) {
+		/* ONLY check exec rights */
+		mask = MAY_EXEC;
+	} else {
+		if ((openflags & O_ACCMODE) != O_WRONLY)
+			mask |= MAY_READ;
+		if ((openflags & O_ACCMODE) != O_RDONLY)
+			mask |= MAY_WRITE;
+	}
+
 	return mask;
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
index 5d864fb..cf747ef 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
@@ -1626,7 +1626,8 @@
 
 static int nfs4_opendata_access(struct rpc_cred *cred,
 				struct nfs4_opendata *opendata,
-				struct nfs4_state *state, fmode_t fmode)
+				struct nfs4_state *state, fmode_t fmode,
+				int openflags)
 {
 	struct nfs_access_entry cache;
 	u32 mask;
@@ -1638,11 +1639,14 @@
 
 	mask = 0;
 	/* don't check MAY_WRITE - a newly created file may not have
-	 * write mode bits, but POSIX allows the creating process to write */
-	if (fmode & FMODE_READ)
-		mask |= MAY_READ;
-	if (fmode & FMODE_EXEC)
-		mask |= MAY_EXEC;
+	 * write mode bits, but POSIX allows the creating process to write.
+	 * use openflags to check for exec, because fmode won't
+	 * always have FMODE_EXEC set when file open for exec. */
+	if (openflags & __FMODE_EXEC) {
+		/* ONLY check for exec rights */
+		mask = MAY_EXEC;
+	} else if (fmode & FMODE_READ)
+		mask = MAY_READ;
 
 	cache.cred = cred;
 	cache.jiffies = jiffies;
@@ -1896,7 +1900,7 @@
 	if (server->caps & NFS_CAP_POSIX_LOCK)
 		set_bit(NFS_STATE_POSIX_LOCKS, &state->flags);
 
-	status = nfs4_opendata_access(cred, opendata, state, fmode);
+	status = nfs4_opendata_access(cred, opendata, state, fmode, flags);
 	if (status != 0)
 		goto err_opendata_put;