1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/fs/nfsd/vfs.c b/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
index 2e1cebde90d..129f3c9f62d 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
@@ -1363,7 +1363,7 @@ nfsd_create_v3(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct svc_fh *fhp,
                 goto out;
         if (!(iap->ia_valid & ATTR_MODE))
                 iap->ia_mode = 0;
-        err = fh_verify(rqstp, fhp, S_IFDIR, NFSD_MAY_CREATE);
+        err = fh_verify(rqstp, fhp, S_IFDIR, NFSD_MAY_EXEC);
         if (err)
                 goto out;
 
@@ -1385,6 +1385,13 @@ nfsd_create_v3(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct svc_fh *fhp,
         if (IS_ERR(dchild))
                 goto out_nfserr;
 
+        /* If file doesn't exist, check for permissions to create one */
+        if (!dchild->d_inode) {
+                err = fh_verify(rqstp, fhp, S_IFDIR, NFSD_MAY_CREATE);
+                if (err)
+                        goto out;
+        }
+
         err = fh_compose(resfhp, fhp->fh_export, dchild, fhp);
         if (err)
                 goto out;