diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfs4proc.c b/fs/nfsd/nfs4proc.c
index 479ffb185df9ad4d7046b86dc2f0b5d58b10265e..b5530984db917c1a23ec667a024557b730d769f9 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfs4proc.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfs4proc.c
@@ -156,6 +156,8 @@ do_open_permission(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct svc_fh *current_fh, struct nfs
 		!(open->op_share_access & NFS4_SHARE_ACCESS_WRITE))
 		return nfserr_inval;
 
+	accmode |= NFSD_MAY_READ_IF_EXEC;
+
 	if (open->op_share_access & NFS4_SHARE_ACCESS_READ)
 		accmode |= NFSD_MAY_READ;
 	if (open->op_share_access & NFS4_SHARE_ACCESS_WRITE)
diff --git a/fs/nfsd/vfs.c b/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
index 4c22870293e63765ea306d5d0c720cd0fb1f7340..75c35fa461552a2d6228c0cd4a3c22ce8c5512d6 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
@@ -2116,7 +2116,8 @@ nfsd_permission(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct svc_export *exp,
 
 	/* Allow read access to binaries even when mode 111 */
 	if (err == -EACCES && S_ISREG(inode->i_mode) &&
-	    acc == (NFSD_MAY_READ | NFSD_MAY_OWNER_OVERRIDE))
+	     (acc == (NFSD_MAY_READ | NFSD_MAY_OWNER_OVERRIDE) ||
+	      acc == (NFSD_MAY_READ | NFSD_MAY_READ_IF_EXEC)))
 		err = inode_permission(inode, MAY_EXEC);
 
 	return err? nfserrno(err) : 0;
diff --git a/fs/nfsd/vfs.h b/fs/nfsd/vfs.h
index e0bbac04d1dd01ec899e86666258c7c5405d2e8e..a22e40e278612ecdafa9f13e36c583c151436894 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/vfs.h
+++ b/fs/nfsd/vfs.h
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 #define NFSD_MAY_BYPASS_GSS_ON_ROOT 256
 #define NFSD_MAY_NOT_BREAK_LEASE 512
 #define NFSD_MAY_BYPASS_GSS	1024
+#define NFSD_MAY_READ_IF_EXEC	2048
 
 #define NFSD_MAY_CREATE		(NFSD_MAY_EXEC|NFSD_MAY_WRITE)
 #define NFSD_MAY_REMOVE		(NFSD_MAY_EXEC|NFSD_MAY_WRITE|NFSD_MAY_TRUNC)