diff --git a/fs/nfs/dir.c b/fs/nfs/dir.c
index 39e69d47cd0b042e38510af9e5991a286529071e..5d737bd52288eb9b96e5c89ae50b9c8c819cabad 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/dir.c
@@ -2245,11 +2245,6 @@ int nfs_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask)
 		case S_IFLNK:
 			goto out;
 		case S_IFREG:
-			/* NFSv4 has atomic_open... */
-			if (nfs_server_capable(inode, NFS_CAP_ATOMIC_OPEN)
-					&& (mask & MAY_OPEN)
-					&& !(mask & MAY_EXEC))
-				goto out;
 			break;
 		case S_IFDIR:
 			/*