diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs42proc.c b/fs/nfs/nfs42proc.c
index 0886f1db59179d1e0414d37a5012714cbdf334e3..056f5aafecc1dbd4c14949dc38b5baa1e0f49f3d 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs42proc.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs42proc.c
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ loff_t nfs42_proc_llseek(struct file *filep, loff_t offset, int whence)
 	struct nfs_server *server = NFS_SERVER(inode);
 	int status;
 
-	if (!(server->caps & NFS_CAP_SEEK))
+	if (!nfs_server_capable(inode, NFS_CAP_SEEK))
 		return -ENOTSUPP;
 
 	status = nfs42_set_rw_stateid(&args.sa_stateid, filep, FMODE_READ);