diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs42proc.c b/fs/nfs/nfs42proc.c
index fed06fd9998d322a202befd46f8c2546dedbba84..94f98e190e632bbc32183d4d0bc05c7e22ca8fea 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs42proc.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs42proc.c
@@ -329,9 +329,6 @@ ssize_t nfs42_proc_copy(struct file *src, loff_t pos_src,
 	};
 	ssize_t err, err2;
 
-	if (!nfs_server_capable(file_inode(dst), NFS_CAP_COPY))
-		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
-
 	src_lock = nfs_get_lock_context(nfs_file_open_context(src));
 	if (IS_ERR(src_lock))
 		return PTR_ERR(src_lock);
diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4file.c b/fs/nfs/nfs4file.c
index 31dac3f2033f7265baca7fdf4770523d02da39a2..134858507268f15a352f5df2c90762bf41e4b30b 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4file.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4file.c
@@ -133,8 +133,10 @@ static ssize_t nfs4_copy_file_range(struct file *file_in, loff_t pos_in,
 				    struct file *file_out, loff_t pos_out,
 				    size_t count, unsigned int flags)
 {
+	if (!nfs_server_capable(file_inode(file_out), NFS_CAP_COPY))
+		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 	if (file_inode(file_in) == file_inode(file_out))
-		return -EINVAL;
+		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 	return nfs42_proc_copy(file_in, pos_in, file_out, pos_out, count);
 }