diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfs4xdr.c b/fs/nfsd/nfs4xdr.c
index 158badf945df1da9b5f146933b525538cbf1211f..5c7eab9c12ba272a99af4c7ccf6f1e9a8753dfde 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfs4xdr.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfs4xdr.c
@@ -2227,7 +2227,6 @@ nfsd4_encode_fattr(struct xdr_stream *xdr, struct svc_fh *fhp,
 	u32 rdattr_err = 0;
 	__be32 status;
 	int err;
-	int aclsupport = 0;
 	struct nfs4_acl *acl = NULL;
 	void *context = NULL;
 	int contextlen;
@@ -2274,19 +2273,15 @@ nfsd4_encode_fattr(struct xdr_stream *xdr, struct svc_fh *fhp,
 			goto out;
 		fhp = tempfh;
 	}
-	if (bmval0 & (FATTR4_WORD0_ACL | FATTR4_WORD0_ACLSUPPORT
-			| FATTR4_WORD0_SUPPORTED_ATTRS)) {
+	if (bmval0 & FATTR4_WORD0_ACL) {
 		err = nfsd4_get_nfs4_acl(rqstp, dentry, &acl);
-		aclsupport = (err == 0);
-		if (bmval0 & FATTR4_WORD0_ACL) {
-			if (err == -EOPNOTSUPP)
-				bmval0 &= ~FATTR4_WORD0_ACL;
-			else if (err == -EINVAL) {
-				status = nfserr_attrnotsupp;
-				goto out;
-			} else if (err != 0)
-				goto out_nfserr;
-		}
+		if (err == -EOPNOTSUPP)
+			bmval0 &= ~FATTR4_WORD0_ACL;
+		else if (err == -EINVAL) {
+			status = nfserr_attrnotsupp;
+			goto out;
+		} else if (err != 0)
+			goto out_nfserr;
 	}
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_NFSD_V4_SECURITY_LABEL
@@ -2338,7 +2333,7 @@ nfsd4_encode_fattr(struct xdr_stream *xdr, struct svc_fh *fhp,
 		u32 word1 = nfsd_suppattrs1(minorversion);
 		u32 word2 = nfsd_suppattrs2(minorversion);
 
-		if (!aclsupport)
+		if (!IS_POSIXACL(dentry->d_inode))
 			word0 &= ~FATTR4_WORD0_ACL;
 		if (!contextsupport)
 			word2 &= ~FATTR4_WORD2_SECURITY_LABEL;
@@ -2486,7 +2481,7 @@ nfsd4_encode_fattr(struct xdr_stream *xdr, struct svc_fh *fhp,
 		p = xdr_reserve_space(xdr, 4);
 		if (!p)
 			goto out_resource;
-		*p++ = cpu_to_be32(aclsupport ?
+		*p++ = cpu_to_be32(IS_POSIXACL(dentry->d_inode) ?
 			ACL4_SUPPORT_ALLOW_ACL|ACL4_SUPPORT_DENY_ACL : 0);
 	}
 	if (bmval0 & FATTR4_WORD0_CANSETTIME) {