diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
index 4aba15ad1d27211af1b350a9b776393989d5129f..47ece1dd3c6705fa12282b31354c5d1558228319 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
@@ -3559,6 +3559,8 @@ ssize_t nfs4_listxattr(struct dentry *dentry, char *buf, size_t buflen)
 {
 	size_t len = strlen(XATTR_NAME_NFSV4_ACL) + 1;
 
+	if (!nfs4_server_supports_acls(NFS_SERVER(dentry->d_inode)))
+		return 0;
 	if (buf && buflen < len)
 		return -ERANGE;
 	if (buf)