diff --git a/fs/nfsd/lockd.c b/fs/nfsd/lockd.c
index 9e4a568a5013ef72c5139aa83ef8ba19cb4f0829..6b6225ac4926f8364762ed5c74bda3a5681235b7 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/lockd.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/lockd.c
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ nlm_fopen(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct nfs_fh *f, struct file **filp)
 	fh.fh_export = NULL;
 
 	exp_readlock();
-	nfserr = nfsd_open(rqstp, &fh, S_IFREG, MAY_LOCK, filp);
+	nfserr = nfsd_open(rqstp, &fh, S_IFREG, NFSD_MAY_LOCK, filp);
 	fh_put(&fh);
 	rqstp->rq_client = NULL;
 	exp_readunlock();
diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfs2acl.c b/fs/nfsd/nfs2acl.c
index 1c3b7654e966d9f02cd46d8284ee636e670dd882..4e3219e84116a17a8a89dbc11c8d1075f14f2c38 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfs2acl.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfs2acl.c
@@ -40,7 +40,8 @@ static __be32 nfsacld_proc_getacl(struct svc_rqst * rqstp,
 	dprintk("nfsd: GETACL(2acl)   %s\n", SVCFH_fmt(&argp->fh));
 
 	fh = fh_copy(&resp->fh, &argp->fh);
-	if ((nfserr = fh_verify(rqstp, &resp->fh, 0, MAY_NOP)))
+	nfserr = fh_verify(rqstp, &resp->fh, 0, NFSD_MAY_NOP);
+	if (nfserr)
 		RETURN_STATUS(nfserr);
 
 	if (argp->mask & ~(NFS_ACL|NFS_ACLCNT|NFS_DFACL|NFS_DFACLCNT))
@@ -107,7 +108,7 @@ static __be32 nfsacld_proc_setacl(struct svc_rqst * rqstp,
 	dprintk("nfsd: SETACL(2acl)   %s\n", SVCFH_fmt(&argp->fh));
 
 	fh = fh_copy(&resp->fh, &argp->fh);
-	nfserr = fh_verify(rqstp, &resp->fh, 0, MAY_SATTR);
+	nfserr = fh_verify(rqstp, &resp->fh, 0, NFSD_MAY_SATTR);
 
 	if (!nfserr) {
 		nfserr = nfserrno( nfsd_set_posix_acl(
@@ -134,7 +135,7 @@ static __be32 nfsacld_proc_getattr(struct svc_rqst * rqstp,
 	dprintk("nfsd: GETATTR  %s\n", SVCFH_fmt(&argp->fh));
 
 	fh_copy(&resp->fh, &argp->fh);
-	return fh_verify(rqstp, &resp->fh, 0, MAY_NOP);
+	return fh_verify(rqstp, &resp->fh, 0, NFSD_MAY_NOP);
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfs3acl.c b/fs/nfsd/nfs3acl.c
index b647f2f872dcf60685bd03a1c5d3022b47bfb314..9981dbb377a3c9baa560ee2f11ca6b0cf2ba2956 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfs3acl.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfs3acl.c
@@ -36,7 +36,8 @@ static __be32 nfsd3_proc_getacl(struct svc_rqst * rqstp,
 	__be32 nfserr = 0;
 
 	fh = fh_copy(&resp->fh, &argp->fh);
-	if ((nfserr = fh_verify(rqstp, &resp->fh, 0, MAY_NOP)))
+	nfserr = fh_verify(rqstp, &resp->fh, 0, NFSD_MAY_NOP);
+	if (nfserr)
 		RETURN_STATUS(nfserr);
 
 	if (argp->mask & ~(NFS_ACL|NFS_ACLCNT|NFS_DFACL|NFS_DFACLCNT))
@@ -101,7 +102,7 @@ static __be32 nfsd3_proc_setacl(struct svc_rqst * rqstp,
 	__be32 nfserr = 0;
 
 	fh = fh_copy(&resp->fh, &argp->fh);
-	nfserr = fh_verify(rqstp, &resp->fh, 0, MAY_SATTR);
+	nfserr = fh_verify(rqstp, &resp->fh, 0, NFSD_MAY_SATTR);
 
 	if (!nfserr) {
 		nfserr = nfserrno( nfsd_set_posix_acl(
diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfs3proc.c b/fs/nfsd/nfs3proc.c
index c721a1e6e9ddf1eb3f3b8ab5362ac52d4087bf07..4d617ea28cfc0b699868275db4cd95202e23f989 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfs3proc.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfs3proc.c
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ nfsd3_proc_getattr(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct nfsd_fhandle  *argp,
 		SVCFH_fmt(&argp->fh));
 
 	fh_copy(&resp->fh, &argp->fh);
-	nfserr = fh_verify(rqstp, &resp->fh, 0, MAY_NOP);
+	nfserr = fh_verify(rqstp, &resp->fh, 0, NFSD_MAY_NOP);
 	if (nfserr)
 		RETURN_STATUS(nfserr);
 
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ nfsd3_proc_create(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct nfsd3_createargs *argp,
 	attr   = &argp->attrs;
 
 	/* Get the directory inode */
-	nfserr = fh_verify(rqstp, dirfhp, S_IFDIR, MAY_CREATE);
+	nfserr = fh_verify(rqstp, dirfhp, S_IFDIR, NFSD_MAY_CREATE);
 	if (nfserr)
 		RETURN_STATUS(nfserr);
 
@@ -558,7 +558,7 @@ nfsd3_proc_fsinfo(struct svc_rqst * rqstp, struct nfsd_fhandle    *argp,
 	resp->f_maxfilesize = ~(u32) 0;
 	resp->f_properties = NFS3_FSF_DEFAULT;
 
-	nfserr = fh_verify(rqstp, &argp->fh, 0, MAY_NOP);
+	nfserr = fh_verify(rqstp, &argp->fh, 0, NFSD_MAY_NOP);
 
 	/* Check special features of the file system. May request
 	 * different read/write sizes for file systems known to have
@@ -597,7 +597,7 @@ nfsd3_proc_pathconf(struct svc_rqst * rqstp, struct nfsd_fhandle      *argp,
 	resp->p_case_insensitive = 0;
 	resp->p_case_preserving = 1;
 
-	nfserr = fh_verify(rqstp, &argp->fh, 0, MAY_NOP);
+	nfserr = fh_verify(rqstp, &argp->fh, 0, NFSD_MAY_NOP);
 
 	if (nfserr == 0) {
 		struct super_block *sb = argp->fh.fh_dentry->d_inode->i_sb;
diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfs4proc.c b/fs/nfsd/nfs4proc.c
index 313484380a9b8bac97bebb1cc4c5eb35fd47e5a4..5c3683cfd59e2b097dc160545f892042116601c0 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfs4proc.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfs4proc.c
@@ -71,11 +71,11 @@ do_open_permission(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct svc_fh *current_fh, struct nfs
 		return nfserr_inval;
 
 	if (open->op_share_access & NFS4_SHARE_ACCESS_READ)
-		accmode |= MAY_READ;
+		accmode |= NFSD_MAY_READ;
 	if (open->op_share_access & NFS4_SHARE_ACCESS_WRITE)
-		accmode |= (MAY_WRITE | MAY_TRUNC);
+		accmode |= (NFSD_MAY_WRITE | NFSD_MAY_TRUNC);
 	if (open->op_share_deny & NFS4_SHARE_DENY_WRITE)
-		accmode |= MAY_WRITE;
+		accmode |= NFSD_MAY_WRITE;
 
 	status = fh_verify(rqstp, current_fh, S_IFREG, accmode);
 
@@ -126,7 +126,8 @@ do_open_lookup(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct svc_fh *current_fh, struct nfsd4_o
 			&resfh.fh_handle.fh_base, resfh.fh_handle.fh_size);
 
 	if (!created)
-		status = do_open_permission(rqstp, current_fh, open, MAY_NOP);
+		status = do_open_permission(rqstp, current_fh, open,
+					    NFSD_MAY_NOP);
 
 out:
 	fh_put(&resfh);
@@ -157,7 +158,8 @@ do_open_fhandle(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct svc_fh *current_fh, struct nfsd4_
 	open->op_truncate = (open->op_iattr.ia_valid & ATTR_SIZE) &&
 		(open->op_iattr.ia_size == 0);
 
-	status = do_open_permission(rqstp, current_fh, open, MAY_OWNER_OVERRIDE);
+	status = do_open_permission(rqstp, current_fh, open,
+				    NFSD_MAY_OWNER_OVERRIDE);
 
 	return status;
 }
@@ -186,7 +188,7 @@ nfsd4_open(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct nfsd4_compound_state *cstate,
 		cstate->current_fh.fh_handle.fh_size = rp->rp_openfh_len;
 		memcpy(&cstate->current_fh.fh_handle.fh_base, rp->rp_openfh,
 				rp->rp_openfh_len);
-		status = fh_verify(rqstp, &cstate->current_fh, 0, MAY_NOP);
+		status = fh_verify(rqstp, &cstate->current_fh, 0, NFSD_MAY_NOP);
 		if (status)
 			dprintk("nfsd4_open: replay failed"
 				" restoring previous filehandle\n");
@@ -285,7 +287,7 @@ nfsd4_putfh(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct nfsd4_compound_state *cstate,
 	cstate->current_fh.fh_handle.fh_size = putfh->pf_fhlen;
 	memcpy(&cstate->current_fh.fh_handle.fh_base, putfh->pf_fhval,
 	       putfh->pf_fhlen);
-	return fh_verify(rqstp, &cstate->current_fh, 0, MAY_NOP);
+	return fh_verify(rqstp, &cstate->current_fh, 0, NFSD_MAY_NOP);
 }
 
 static __be32
@@ -363,7 +365,8 @@ nfsd4_create(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct nfsd4_compound_state *cstate,
 
 	fh_init(&resfh, NFS4_FHSIZE);
 
-	status = fh_verify(rqstp, &cstate->current_fh, S_IFDIR, MAY_CREATE);
+	status = fh_verify(rqstp, &cstate->current_fh, S_IFDIR,
+			   NFSD_MAY_CREATE);
 	if (status == nfserr_symlink)
 		status = nfserr_notdir;
 	if (status)
@@ -445,7 +448,7 @@ nfsd4_getattr(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct nfsd4_compound_state *cstate,
 {
 	__be32 status;
 
-	status = fh_verify(rqstp, &cstate->current_fh, 0, MAY_NOP);
+	status = fh_verify(rqstp, &cstate->current_fh, 0, NFSD_MAY_NOP);
 	if (status)
 		return status;
 
@@ -730,7 +733,7 @@ _nfsd4_verify(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct nfsd4_compound_state *cstate,
 	int count;
 	__be32 status;
 
-	status = fh_verify(rqstp, &cstate->current_fh, 0, MAY_NOP);
+	status = fh_verify(rqstp, &cstate->current_fh, 0, NFSD_MAY_NOP);
 	if (status)
 		return status;
 
diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c b/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c
index bf11d6879ab4e884166eb161ff70af678f3c6156..eca8aaa450f16adb25acb1c604bd5c6820a974aa 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c
@@ -1722,9 +1722,9 @@ nfsd4_process_open2(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct svc_fh *current_fh, struct nf
 		/* Stateid was not found, this is a new OPEN */
 		int flags = 0;
 		if (open->op_share_access & NFS4_SHARE_ACCESS_READ)
-			flags |= MAY_READ;
+			flags |= NFSD_MAY_READ;
 		if (open->op_share_access & NFS4_SHARE_ACCESS_WRITE)
-			flags |= MAY_WRITE;
+			flags |= NFSD_MAY_WRITE;
 		status = nfs4_new_open(rqstp, &stp, dp, current_fh, flags);
 		if (status)
 			goto out;
@@ -2610,7 +2610,7 @@ nfsd4_lock(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct nfsd4_compound_state *cstate,
 		 return nfserr_inval;
 
 	if ((status = fh_verify(rqstp, &cstate->current_fh,
-				S_IFREG, MAY_LOCK))) {
+				S_IFREG, NFSD_MAY_LOCK))) {
 		dprintk("NFSD: nfsd4_lock: permission denied!\n");
 		return status;
 	}
diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfsfh.c b/fs/nfsd/nfsfh.c
index 100ae5641162b97c7fb0e57032a9b30ecc5b899e..c7b0fdaeac961ae0deec8c0c2139d0bf7a07eec5 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfsfh.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfsfh.c
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ fh_verify(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct svc_fh *fhp, int type, int access)
 	if (error)
 		goto out;
 
-	if (!(access & MAY_LOCK)) {
+	if (!(access & NFSD_MAY_LOCK)) {
 		/*
 		 * pseudoflavor restrictions are not enforced on NLM,
 		 * which clients virtually always use auth_sys for,
diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfsproc.c b/fs/nfsd/nfsproc.c
index b5a20c486712a740428bab273ac92bcd5e6e6e68..0766f95d236a23cf73f247bea43e4d0b28c61844 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfsproc.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfsproc.c
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ nfsd_proc_getattr(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct nfsd_fhandle  *argp,
 	dprintk("nfsd: GETATTR  %s\n", SVCFH_fmt(&argp->fh));
 
 	fh_copy(&resp->fh, &argp->fh);
-	nfserr = fh_verify(rqstp, &resp->fh, 0, MAY_NOP);
+	nfserr = fh_verify(rqstp, &resp->fh, 0, NFSD_MAY_NOP);
 	return nfsd_return_attrs(nfserr, resp);
 }
 
@@ -215,11 +215,11 @@ nfsd_proc_create(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct nfsd_createargs *argp,
 		SVCFH_fmt(dirfhp), argp->len, argp->name);
 
 	/* First verify the parent file handle */
-	nfserr = fh_verify(rqstp, dirfhp, S_IFDIR, MAY_EXEC);
+	nfserr = fh_verify(rqstp, dirfhp, S_IFDIR, NFSD_MAY_EXEC);
 	if (nfserr)
 		goto done; /* must fh_put dirfhp even on error */
 
-	/* Check for MAY_WRITE in nfsd_create if necessary */
+	/* Check for NFSD_MAY_WRITE in nfsd_create if necessary */
 
 	nfserr = nfserr_acces;
 	if (!argp->len)
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ nfsd_proc_create(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct nfsd_createargs *argp,
 					nfserr = nfsd_permission(rqstp,
 								 newfhp->fh_export,
 								 newfhp->fh_dentry,
-								 MAY_WRITE|MAY_LOCAL_ACCESS);
+								 NFSD_MAY_WRITE|NFSD_MAY_LOCAL_ACCESS);
 					if (nfserr && nfserr != nfserr_rofs)
 						goto out_unlock;
 				}
diff --git a/fs/nfsd/vfs.c b/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
index a3a291f771f40de4467142b7401b8c10d91d0810..5e05ddda45609b6c677df08c788d0caf9ec096bb 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ nfsd_lookup_dentry(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct svc_fh *fhp,
 	dprintk("nfsd: nfsd_lookup(fh %s, %.*s)\n", SVCFH_fmt(fhp), len,name);
 
 	/* Obtain dentry and export. */
-	err = fh_verify(rqstp, fhp, S_IFDIR, MAY_EXEC);
+	err = fh_verify(rqstp, fhp, S_IFDIR, NFSD_MAY_EXEC);
 	if (err)
 		return err;
 
@@ -262,14 +262,14 @@ nfsd_setattr(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct svc_fh *fhp, struct iattr *iap,
 {
 	struct dentry	*dentry;
 	struct inode	*inode;
-	int		accmode = MAY_SATTR;
+	int		accmode = NFSD_MAY_SATTR;
 	int		ftype = 0;
 	__be32		err;
 	int		host_err;
 	int		size_change = 0;
 
 	if (iap->ia_valid & (ATTR_ATIME | ATTR_MTIME | ATTR_SIZE))
-		accmode |= MAY_WRITE|MAY_OWNER_OVERRIDE;
+		accmode |= NFSD_MAY_WRITE|NFSD_MAY_OWNER_OVERRIDE;
 	if (iap->ia_valid & ATTR_SIZE)
 		ftype = S_IFREG;
 
@@ -331,7 +331,8 @@ nfsd_setattr(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct svc_fh *fhp, struct iattr *iap,
 	 */
 	if (iap->ia_valid & ATTR_SIZE) {
 		if (iap->ia_size < inode->i_size) {
-			err = nfsd_permission(rqstp, fhp->fh_export, dentry, MAY_TRUNC|MAY_OWNER_OVERRIDE);
+			err = nfsd_permission(rqstp, fhp->fh_export, dentry,
+					NFSD_MAY_TRUNC|NFSD_MAY_OWNER_OVERRIDE);
 			if (err)
 				goto out;
 		}
@@ -462,7 +463,7 @@ nfsd4_set_nfs4_acl(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct svc_fh *fhp,
 	unsigned int flags = 0;
 
 	/* Get inode */
-	error = fh_verify(rqstp, fhp, 0 /* S_IFREG */, MAY_SATTR);
+	error = fh_verify(rqstp, fhp, 0 /* S_IFREG */, NFSD_MAY_SATTR);
 	if (error)
 		return error;
 
@@ -563,20 +564,20 @@ struct accessmap {
 	int		how;
 };
 static struct accessmap	nfs3_regaccess[] = {
-    {	NFS3_ACCESS_READ,	MAY_READ			},
-    {	NFS3_ACCESS_EXECUTE,	MAY_EXEC			},
-    {	NFS3_ACCESS_MODIFY,	MAY_WRITE|MAY_TRUNC		},
-    {	NFS3_ACCESS_EXTEND,	MAY_WRITE			},
+    {	NFS3_ACCESS_READ,	NFSD_MAY_READ			},
+    {	NFS3_ACCESS_EXECUTE,	NFSD_MAY_EXEC			},
+    {	NFS3_ACCESS_MODIFY,	NFSD_MAY_WRITE|NFSD_MAY_TRUNC	},
+    {	NFS3_ACCESS_EXTEND,	NFSD_MAY_WRITE			},
 
     {	0,			0				}
 };
 
 static struct accessmap	nfs3_diraccess[] = {
-    {	NFS3_ACCESS_READ,	MAY_READ			},
-    {	NFS3_ACCESS_LOOKUP,	MAY_EXEC			},
-    {	NFS3_ACCESS_MODIFY,	MAY_EXEC|MAY_WRITE|MAY_TRUNC	},
-    {	NFS3_ACCESS_EXTEND,	MAY_EXEC|MAY_WRITE		},
-    {	NFS3_ACCESS_DELETE,	MAY_REMOVE			},
+    {	NFS3_ACCESS_READ,	NFSD_MAY_READ			},
+    {	NFS3_ACCESS_LOOKUP,	NFSD_MAY_EXEC			},
+    {	NFS3_ACCESS_MODIFY,	NFSD_MAY_EXEC|NFSD_MAY_WRITE|NFSD_MAY_TRUNC},
+    {	NFS3_ACCESS_EXTEND,	NFSD_MAY_EXEC|NFSD_MAY_WRITE	},
+    {	NFS3_ACCESS_DELETE,	NFSD_MAY_REMOVE			},
 
     {	0,			0				}
 };
@@ -589,10 +590,10 @@ static struct accessmap	nfs3_anyaccess[] = {
 	 * mainly at mode bits, and we make sure to ignore read-only
 	 * filesystem checks
 	 */
-    {	NFS3_ACCESS_READ,	MAY_READ			},
-    {	NFS3_ACCESS_EXECUTE,	MAY_EXEC			},
-    {	NFS3_ACCESS_MODIFY,	MAY_WRITE|MAY_LOCAL_ACCESS	},
-    {	NFS3_ACCESS_EXTEND,	MAY_WRITE|MAY_LOCAL_ACCESS	},
+    {	NFS3_ACCESS_READ,	NFSD_MAY_READ			},
+    {	NFS3_ACCESS_EXECUTE,	NFSD_MAY_EXEC			},
+    {	NFS3_ACCESS_MODIFY,	NFSD_MAY_WRITE|NFSD_MAY_LOCAL_ACCESS	},
+    {	NFS3_ACCESS_EXTEND,	NFSD_MAY_WRITE|NFSD_MAY_LOCAL_ACCESS	},
 
     {	0,			0				}
 };
@@ -606,7 +607,7 @@ nfsd_access(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct svc_fh *fhp, u32 *access, u32 *suppor
 	u32			query, result = 0, sresult = 0;
 	__be32			error;
 
-	error = fh_verify(rqstp, fhp, 0, MAY_NOP);
+	error = fh_verify(rqstp, fhp, 0, NFSD_MAY_NOP);
 	if (error)
 		goto out;
 
@@ -678,7 +679,7 @@ nfsd_open(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct svc_fh *fhp, int type,
 	 * and (hopefully) checked permission - so allow OWNER_OVERRIDE
 	 * in case a chmod has now revoked permission.
 	 */
-	err = fh_verify(rqstp, fhp, type, access | MAY_OWNER_OVERRIDE);
+	err = fh_verify(rqstp, fhp, type, access | NFSD_MAY_OWNER_OVERRIDE);
 	if (err)
 		goto out;
 
@@ -689,7 +690,7 @@ nfsd_open(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct svc_fh *fhp, int type,
 	 * or any access when mandatory locking enabled
 	 */
 	err = nfserr_perm;
-	if (IS_APPEND(inode) && (access & MAY_WRITE))
+	if (IS_APPEND(inode) && (access & NFSD_MAY_WRITE))
 		goto out;
 	/*
 	 * We must ignore files (but only files) which might have mandatory
@@ -706,14 +707,14 @@ nfsd_open(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct svc_fh *fhp, int type,
 	 * Check to see if there are any leases on this file.
 	 * This may block while leases are broken.
 	 */
-	host_err = break_lease(inode, O_NONBLOCK | ((access & MAY_WRITE) ? FMODE_WRITE : 0));
+	host_err = break_lease(inode, O_NONBLOCK | ((access & NFSD_MAY_WRITE) ? FMODE_WRITE : 0));
 	if (host_err == -EWOULDBLOCK)
 		host_err = -ETIMEDOUT;
 	if (host_err) /* NOMEM or WOULDBLOCK */
 		goto out_nfserr;
 
-	if (access & MAY_WRITE) {
-		if (access & MAY_READ)
+	if (access & NFSD_MAY_WRITE) {
+		if (access & NFSD_MAY_READ)
 			flags = O_RDWR|O_LARGEFILE;
 		else
 			flags = O_WRONLY|O_LARGEFILE;
@@ -1069,12 +1070,12 @@ nfsd_read(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct svc_fh *fhp, struct file *file,
 
 	if (file) {
 		err = nfsd_permission(rqstp, fhp->fh_export, fhp->fh_dentry,
-				MAY_READ|MAY_OWNER_OVERRIDE);
+				NFSD_MAY_READ|NFSD_MAY_OWNER_OVERRIDE);
 		if (err)
 			goto out;
 		err = nfsd_vfs_read(rqstp, fhp, file, offset, vec, vlen, count);
 	} else {
-		err = nfsd_open(rqstp, fhp, S_IFREG, MAY_READ, &file);
+		err = nfsd_open(rqstp, fhp, S_IFREG, NFSD_MAY_READ, &file);
 		if (err)
 			goto out;
 		err = nfsd_vfs_read(rqstp, fhp, file, offset, vec, vlen, count);
@@ -1098,13 +1099,13 @@ nfsd_write(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct svc_fh *fhp, struct file *file,
 
 	if (file) {
 		err = nfsd_permission(rqstp, fhp->fh_export, fhp->fh_dentry,
-				MAY_WRITE|MAY_OWNER_OVERRIDE);
+				NFSD_MAY_WRITE|NFSD_MAY_OWNER_OVERRIDE);
 		if (err)
 			goto out;
 		err = nfsd_vfs_write(rqstp, fhp, file, offset, vec, vlen, cnt,
 				stablep);
 	} else {
-		err = nfsd_open(rqstp, fhp, S_IFREG, MAY_WRITE, &file);
+		err = nfsd_open(rqstp, fhp, S_IFREG, NFSD_MAY_WRITE, &file);
 		if (err)
 			goto out;
 
@@ -1136,7 +1137,8 @@ nfsd_commit(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct svc_fh *fhp,
 	if ((u64)count > ~(u64)offset)
 		return nfserr_inval;
 
-	if ((err = nfsd_open(rqstp, fhp, S_IFREG, MAY_WRITE, &file)) != 0)
+	err = nfsd_open(rqstp, fhp, S_IFREG, NFSD_MAY_WRITE, &file);
+	if (err)
 		return err;
 	if (EX_ISSYNC(fhp->fh_export)) {
 		if (file->f_op && file->f_op->fsync) {
@@ -1197,7 +1199,7 @@ nfsd_create(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct svc_fh *fhp,
 	if (isdotent(fname, flen))
 		goto out;
 
-	err = fh_verify(rqstp, fhp, S_IFDIR, MAY_CREATE);
+	err = fh_verify(rqstp, fhp, S_IFDIR, NFSD_MAY_CREATE);
 	if (err)
 		goto out;
 
@@ -1334,7 +1336,7 @@ 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, MAY_CREATE);
+	err = fh_verify(rqstp, fhp, S_IFDIR, NFSD_MAY_CREATE);
 	if (err)
 		goto out;
 
@@ -1471,7 +1473,7 @@ nfsd_readlink(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct svc_fh *fhp, char *buf, int *lenp)
 	__be32		err;
 	int		host_err;
 
-	err = fh_verify(rqstp, fhp, S_IFLNK, MAY_NOP);
+	err = fh_verify(rqstp, fhp, S_IFLNK, NFSD_MAY_NOP);
 	if (err)
 		goto out;
 
@@ -1526,7 +1528,7 @@ nfsd_symlink(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct svc_fh *fhp,
 	if (isdotent(fname, flen))
 		goto out;
 
-	err = fh_verify(rqstp, fhp, S_IFDIR, MAY_CREATE);
+	err = fh_verify(rqstp, fhp, S_IFDIR, NFSD_MAY_CREATE);
 	if (err)
 		goto out;
 	fh_lock(fhp);
@@ -1591,10 +1593,10 @@ nfsd_link(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct svc_fh *ffhp,
 	__be32		err;
 	int		host_err;
 
-	err = fh_verify(rqstp, ffhp, S_IFDIR, MAY_CREATE);
+	err = fh_verify(rqstp, ffhp, S_IFDIR, NFSD_MAY_CREATE);
 	if (err)
 		goto out;
-	err = fh_verify(rqstp, tfhp, -S_IFDIR, MAY_NOP);
+	err = fh_verify(rqstp, tfhp, -S_IFDIR, NFSD_MAY_NOP);
 	if (err)
 		goto out;
 
@@ -1661,10 +1663,10 @@ nfsd_rename(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct svc_fh *ffhp, char *fname, int flen,
 	__be32		err;
 	int		host_err;
 
-	err = fh_verify(rqstp, ffhp, S_IFDIR, MAY_REMOVE);
+	err = fh_verify(rqstp, ffhp, S_IFDIR, NFSD_MAY_REMOVE);
 	if (err)
 		goto out;
-	err = fh_verify(rqstp, tfhp, S_IFDIR, MAY_CREATE);
+	err = fh_verify(rqstp, tfhp, S_IFDIR, NFSD_MAY_CREATE);
 	if (err)
 		goto out;
 
@@ -1768,7 +1770,7 @@ nfsd_unlink(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct svc_fh *fhp, int type,
 	err = nfserr_acces;
 	if (!flen || isdotent(fname, flen))
 		goto out;
-	err = fh_verify(rqstp, fhp, S_IFDIR, MAY_REMOVE);
+	err = fh_verify(rqstp, fhp, S_IFDIR, NFSD_MAY_REMOVE);
 	if (err)
 		goto out;
 
@@ -1834,7 +1836,7 @@ nfsd_readdir(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct svc_fh *fhp, loff_t *offsetp,
 	struct file	*file;
 	loff_t		offset = *offsetp;
 
-	err = nfsd_open(rqstp, fhp, S_IFDIR, MAY_READ, &file);
+	err = nfsd_open(rqstp, fhp, S_IFDIR, NFSD_MAY_READ, &file);
 	if (err)
 		goto out;
 
@@ -1875,7 +1877,7 @@ nfsd_readdir(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct svc_fh *fhp, loff_t *offsetp,
 __be32
 nfsd_statfs(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct svc_fh *fhp, struct kstatfs *stat)
 {
-	__be32 err = fh_verify(rqstp, fhp, 0, MAY_NOP);
+	__be32 err = fh_verify(rqstp, fhp, 0, NFSD_MAY_NOP);
 	if (!err && vfs_statfs(fhp->fh_dentry,stat))
 		err = nfserr_io;
 	return err;
@@ -1896,18 +1898,18 @@ nfsd_permission(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct svc_export *exp,
 	struct inode	*inode = dentry->d_inode;
 	int		err;
 
-	if (acc == MAY_NOP)
+	if (acc == NFSD_MAY_NOP)
 		return 0;
 #if 0
 	dprintk("nfsd: permission 0x%x%s%s%s%s%s%s%s mode 0%o%s%s%s\n",
 		acc,
-		(acc & MAY_READ)?	" read"  : "",
-		(acc & MAY_WRITE)?	" write" : "",
-		(acc & MAY_EXEC)?	" exec"  : "",
-		(acc & MAY_SATTR)?	" sattr" : "",
-		(acc & MAY_TRUNC)?	" trunc" : "",
-		(acc & MAY_LOCK)?	" lock"  : "",
-		(acc & MAY_OWNER_OVERRIDE)? " owneroverride" : "",
+		(acc & NFSD_MAY_READ)?	" read"  : "",
+		(acc & NFSD_MAY_WRITE)?	" write" : "",
+		(acc & NFSD_MAY_EXEC)?	" exec"  : "",
+		(acc & NFSD_MAY_SATTR)?	" sattr" : "",
+		(acc & NFSD_MAY_TRUNC)?	" trunc" : "",
+		(acc & NFSD_MAY_LOCK)?	" lock"  : "",
+		(acc & NFSD_MAY_OWNER_OVERRIDE)? " owneroverride" : "",
 		inode->i_mode,
 		IS_IMMUTABLE(inode)?	" immut" : "",
 		IS_APPEND(inode)?	" append" : "",
@@ -1920,18 +1922,18 @@ nfsd_permission(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct svc_export *exp,
 	 * system.  But if it is IRIX doing check on write-access for a 
 	 * device special file, we ignore rofs.
 	 */
-	if (!(acc & MAY_LOCAL_ACCESS))
-		if (acc & (MAY_WRITE | MAY_SATTR | MAY_TRUNC)) {
+	if (!(acc & NFSD_MAY_LOCAL_ACCESS))
+		if (acc & (NFSD_MAY_WRITE | NFSD_MAY_SATTR | NFSD_MAY_TRUNC)) {
 			if (exp_rdonly(rqstp, exp) ||
 			    __mnt_is_readonly(exp->ex_path.mnt))
 				return nfserr_rofs;
-			if (/* (acc & MAY_WRITE) && */ IS_IMMUTABLE(inode))
+			if (/* (acc & NFSD_MAY_WRITE) && */ IS_IMMUTABLE(inode))
 				return nfserr_perm;
 		}
-	if ((acc & MAY_TRUNC) && IS_APPEND(inode))
+	if ((acc & NFSD_MAY_TRUNC) && IS_APPEND(inode))
 		return nfserr_perm;
 
-	if (acc & MAY_LOCK) {
+	if (acc & NFSD_MAY_LOCK) {
 		/* If we cannot rely on authentication in NLM requests,
 		 * just allow locks, otherwise require read permission, or
 		 * ownership
@@ -1939,7 +1941,7 @@ nfsd_permission(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct svc_export *exp,
 		if (exp->ex_flags & NFSEXP_NOAUTHNLM)
 			return 0;
 		else
-			acc = MAY_READ | MAY_OWNER_OVERRIDE;
+			acc = NFSD_MAY_READ | NFSD_MAY_OWNER_OVERRIDE;
 	}
 	/*
 	 * The file owner always gets access permission for accesses that
@@ -1955,15 +1957,16 @@ nfsd_permission(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct svc_export *exp,
 	 * We must trust the client to do permission checking - using "ACCESS"
 	 * with NFSv3.
 	 */
-	if ((acc & MAY_OWNER_OVERRIDE) &&
+	if ((acc & NFSD_MAY_OWNER_OVERRIDE) &&
 	    inode->i_uid == current->fsuid)
 		return 0;
 
+	/* This assumes  NFSD_MAY_{READ,WRITE,EXEC} == MAY_{READ,WRITE,EXEC} */
 	err = permission(inode, acc & (MAY_READ|MAY_WRITE|MAY_EXEC), NULL);
 
 	/* Allow read access to binaries even when mode 111 */
 	if (err == -EACCES && S_ISREG(inode->i_mode) &&
-	    acc == (MAY_READ | MAY_OWNER_OVERRIDE))
+	    acc == (NFSD_MAY_READ | NFSD_MAY_OWNER_OVERRIDE))
 		err = permission(inode, MAY_EXEC, NULL);
 
 	return err? nfserrno(err) : 0;
diff --git a/include/linux/nfsd/nfsd.h b/include/linux/nfsd/nfsd.h
index 88d85b964429fb6efe7a8b541f78a64e14c93161..a2861d95ecc35fff2d9fb9652dabf0a6754f8a4c 100644
--- a/include/linux/nfsd/nfsd.h
+++ b/include/linux/nfsd/nfsd.h
@@ -28,20 +28,20 @@
 #define NFSD_SUPPORTED_MINOR_VERSION	0
 
 /*
- * Special flags for nfsd_permission. These must be different from MAY_READ,
- * MAY_WRITE, and MAY_EXEC.
+ * Flags for nfsd_permission
  */
-#define MAY_NOP			0
-#define MAY_SATTR		8
-#define MAY_TRUNC		16
-#define MAY_LOCK		32
-#define MAY_OWNER_OVERRIDE	64
-#define	MAY_LOCAL_ACCESS	128 /* IRIX doing local access check on device special file*/
-#if (MAY_SATTR | MAY_TRUNC | MAY_LOCK | MAY_OWNER_OVERRIDE | MAY_LOCAL_ACCESS) & (MAY_READ | MAY_WRITE | MAY_EXEC)
-# error "please use a different value for MAY_SATTR or MAY_TRUNC or MAY_LOCK or MAY_LOCAL_ACCESS or MAY_OWNER_OVERRIDE."
-#endif
-#define MAY_CREATE		(MAY_EXEC|MAY_WRITE)
-#define MAY_REMOVE		(MAY_EXEC|MAY_WRITE|MAY_TRUNC)
+#define NFSD_MAY_NOP		0
+#define NFSD_MAY_EXEC		1 /* == MAY_EXEC */
+#define NFSD_MAY_WRITE		2 /* == MAY_WRITE */
+#define NFSD_MAY_READ		4 /* == MAY_READ */
+#define NFSD_MAY_SATTR		8
+#define NFSD_MAY_TRUNC		16
+#define NFSD_MAY_LOCK		32
+#define NFSD_MAY_OWNER_OVERRIDE	64
+#define NFSD_MAY_LOCAL_ACCESS	128 /* IRIX doing local access check on device special file*/
+
+#define NFSD_MAY_CREATE		(NFSD_MAY_EXEC|NFSD_MAY_WRITE)
+#define NFSD_MAY_REMOVE		(NFSD_MAY_EXEC|NFSD_MAY_WRITE|NFSD_MAY_TRUNC)
 
 /*
  * Callback function for readdir