diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfs4proc.c b/fs/nfsd/nfs4proc.c
index 283d77a47120fe20a2940a7fa6eb02e5004e9855..36d74cda87a8dfe52cdf14b8188c5472874e8f6e 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfs4proc.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfs4proc.c
@@ -1045,7 +1045,7 @@ static struct nfsd4_operation nfsd4_ops[OP_RELEASE_LOCKOWNER+1] = {
 		.op_name = "OP_PUTFH",
 	},
 	[OP_PUTPUBFH] = {
-		/* unsupported, just for future reference: */
+		.op_func = (nfsd4op_func)nfsd4_putrootfh,
 		.op_flags = ALLOWED_WITHOUT_FH | ALLOWED_ON_ABSENT_FS,
 		.op_name = "OP_PUTPUBFH",
 	},
diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfs4xdr.c b/fs/nfsd/nfs4xdr.c
index aaf5f234df2536971d77928d37f1338b0a67623e..76a0b2a8d69b6d63164913934b91a75aad2530ef 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfs4xdr.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfs4xdr.c
@@ -1031,7 +1031,7 @@ static nfsd4_dec nfsd4_dec_ops[] = {
 	[OP_OPEN_CONFIRM]	= (nfsd4_dec)nfsd4_decode_open_confirm,
 	[OP_OPEN_DOWNGRADE]	= (nfsd4_dec)nfsd4_decode_open_downgrade,
 	[OP_PUTFH]		= (nfsd4_dec)nfsd4_decode_putfh,
-	[OP_PUTPUBFH]		= (nfsd4_dec)nfsd4_decode_notsupp,
+	[OP_PUTPUBFH]		= (nfsd4_dec)nfsd4_decode_noop,
 	[OP_PUTROOTFH]		= (nfsd4_dec)nfsd4_decode_noop,
 	[OP_READ]		= (nfsd4_dec)nfsd4_decode_read,
 	[OP_READDIR]		= (nfsd4_dec)nfsd4_decode_readdir,