diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c b/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c
index 0a54fc95646346842a0c9e209fcc613c9b4bda57..5f7294712ad4761db5990120388782c4f8ab12d4 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c
@@ -4266,10 +4266,11 @@ static inline void nfs4_stateid_downgrade(struct nfs4_ol_stateid *stp, u32 to_ac
 }
 
 static void
-reset_union_bmap_deny(unsigned long deny, struct nfs4_ol_stateid *stp)
+reset_union_bmap_deny(u32 deny, struct nfs4_ol_stateid *stp)
 {
 	int i;
-	for (i = 0; i < 4; i++) {
+
+	for (i = 1; i < 4; i++) {
 		if ((i & deny) != i)
 			clear_deny(i, stp);
 	}