diff --git a/fs/nfs/dir.c b/fs/nfs/dir.c
index 44e519c21e1803d1887b98eddf9ccc46c4b75d05..5bd2f5bfaf570b3e335b739f28ecb21c01ac59cd 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/dir.c
@@ -2432,6 +2432,20 @@ int nfs_may_open(struct inode *inode, struct rpc_cred *cred, int openflags)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nfs_may_open);
 
+static int nfs_execute_ok(struct inode *inode, int mask)
+{
+	struct nfs_server *server = NFS_SERVER(inode);
+	int ret;
+
+	if (mask & MAY_NOT_BLOCK)
+		ret = nfs_revalidate_inode_rcu(server, inode);
+	else
+		ret = nfs_revalidate_inode(server, inode);
+	if (ret == 0 && !execute_ok(inode))
+		ret = -EACCES;
+	return ret;
+}
+
 int nfs_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask)
 {
 	struct rpc_cred *cred;
@@ -2484,8 +2498,8 @@ int nfs_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask)
 			res = PTR_ERR(cred);
 	}
 out:
-	if (!res && (mask & MAY_EXEC) && !execute_ok(inode))
-		res = -EACCES;
+	if (!res && (mask & MAY_EXEC))
+		res = nfs_execute_ok(inode, mask);
 
 	dfprintk(VFS, "NFS: permission(%s/%lu), mask=0x%x, res=%d\n",
 		inode->i_sb->s_id, inode->i_ino, mask, res);