diff --git a/fs/nfs/dir.c b/fs/nfs/dir.c
index 8fae8b00b8f5..37a6180ee2e8 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/dir.c
@@ -2379,21 +2379,30 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nfs_access_add_cache);
 #define NFS_MAY_WRITE (NFS4_ACCESS_MODIFY | \
 		NFS4_ACCESS_EXTEND | \
 		NFS4_ACCESS_DELETE)
+#define NFS_FILE_MAY_WRITE (NFS4_ACCESS_MODIFY | \
+		NFS4_ACCESS_EXTEND)
+#define NFS_DIR_MAY_WRITE NFS_MAY_WRITE
 #define NFS_MAY_LOOKUP (NFS4_ACCESS_LOOKUP)
 #define NFS_MAY_EXECUTE (NFS4_ACCESS_EXECUTE)
 static int
-nfs_access_calc_mask(u32 access_result)
+nfs_access_calc_mask(u32 access_result, umode_t umode)
 {
 	int mask = 0;
 
 	if (access_result & NFS_MAY_READ)
 		mask |= MAY_READ;
-	if (access_result & NFS_MAY_WRITE)
-		mask |= MAY_WRITE;
-	if (access_result & NFS_MAY_LOOKUP)
-		mask |= MAY_EXEC;
-	if (access_result & NFS_MAY_EXECUTE)
-		mask |= MAY_EXEC;
+	if (S_ISDIR(umode)) {
+		if ((access_result & NFS_DIR_MAY_WRITE) == NFS_DIR_MAY_WRITE)
+			mask |= MAY_WRITE;
+		if ((access_result & NFS_MAY_LOOKUP) == NFS_MAY_LOOKUP)
+			mask |= MAY_EXEC;
+	} else if (S_ISREG(umode)) {
+		if ((access_result & NFS_FILE_MAY_WRITE) == NFS_FILE_MAY_WRITE)
+			mask |= MAY_WRITE;
+		if ((access_result & NFS_MAY_EXECUTE) == NFS_MAY_EXECUTE)
+			mask |= MAY_EXEC;
+	} else if (access_result & NFS_MAY_WRITE)
+			mask |= MAY_WRITE;
 	return mask;
 }
 
@@ -2438,7 +2447,7 @@ static int nfs_do_access(struct inode *inode, struct rpc_cred *cred, int mask)
 	}
 	nfs_access_add_cache(inode, &cache);
 out_cached:
-	cache_mask = nfs_access_calc_mask(cache.mask);
+	cache_mask = nfs_access_calc_mask(cache.mask, inode->i_mode);
 	if ((mask & ~cache_mask & (MAY_READ | MAY_WRITE | MAY_EXEC)) != 0)
 		status = -EACCES;
 out: