diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
index 7e28b5c77cbc832e642dc02efc99187d1b1a77a2..ed2a0e6b9aed35ed2003d2547cb665e4049378ba 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
@@ -2706,6 +2706,10 @@ static void nfs4_close_context(struct nfs_open_context *ctx, int is_sync)
 		nfs4_close_state(ctx->state, ctx->mode);
 }
 
+#define FATTR4_WORD1_NFS40_MASK (2*FATTR4_WORD1_MOUNTED_ON_FILEID - 1UL)
+#define FATTR4_WORD2_NFS41_MASK (2*FATTR4_WORD2_SUPPATTR_EXCLCREAT - 1UL)
+#define FATTR4_WORD2_NFS42_MASK (2*FATTR4_WORD2_CHANGE_SECURITY_LABEL - 1UL)
+
 static int _nfs4_server_capabilities(struct nfs_server *server, struct nfs_fh *fhandle)
 {
 	struct nfs4_server_caps_arg args = {
@@ -2721,12 +2725,25 @@ static int _nfs4_server_capabilities(struct nfs_server *server, struct nfs_fh *f
 
 	status = nfs4_call_sync(server->client, server, &msg, &args.seq_args, &res.seq_res, 0);
 	if (status == 0) {
+		/* Sanity check the server answers */
+		switch (server->nfs_client->cl_minorversion) {
+		case 0:
+			res.attr_bitmask[1] &= FATTR4_WORD1_NFS40_MASK;
+			res.attr_bitmask[2] = 0;
+			break;
+		case 1:
+			res.attr_bitmask[2] &= FATTR4_WORD2_NFS41_MASK;
+			break;
+		case 2:
+			res.attr_bitmask[2] &= FATTR4_WORD2_NFS42_MASK;
+		}
 		memcpy(server->attr_bitmask, res.attr_bitmask, sizeof(server->attr_bitmask));
 		server->caps &= ~(NFS_CAP_ACLS|NFS_CAP_HARDLINKS|
 				NFS_CAP_SYMLINKS|NFS_CAP_FILEID|
 				NFS_CAP_MODE|NFS_CAP_NLINK|NFS_CAP_OWNER|
 				NFS_CAP_OWNER_GROUP|NFS_CAP_ATIME|
-				NFS_CAP_CTIME|NFS_CAP_MTIME);
+				NFS_CAP_CTIME|NFS_CAP_MTIME|
+				NFS_CAP_SECURITY_LABEL);
 		if (res.attr_bitmask[0] & FATTR4_WORD0_ACL)
 			server->caps |= NFS_CAP_ACLS;
 		if (res.has_links != 0)
@@ -2755,14 +2772,12 @@ static int _nfs4_server_capabilities(struct nfs_server *server, struct nfs_fh *f
 #endif
 		memcpy(server->attr_bitmask_nl, res.attr_bitmask,
 				sizeof(server->attr_bitmask));
+		server->attr_bitmask_nl[2] &= ~FATTR4_WORD2_SECURITY_LABEL;
 
-		if (server->caps & NFS_CAP_SECURITY_LABEL) {
-			server->attr_bitmask_nl[2] &= ~FATTR4_WORD2_SECURITY_LABEL;
-			res.attr_bitmask[2] &= ~FATTR4_WORD2_SECURITY_LABEL;
-		}
 		memcpy(server->cache_consistency_bitmask, res.attr_bitmask, sizeof(server->cache_consistency_bitmask));
 		server->cache_consistency_bitmask[0] &= FATTR4_WORD0_CHANGE|FATTR4_WORD0_SIZE;
 		server->cache_consistency_bitmask[1] &= FATTR4_WORD1_TIME_METADATA|FATTR4_WORD1_TIME_MODIFY;
+		server->cache_consistency_bitmask[2] = 0;
 		server->acl_bitmask = res.acl_bitmask;
 		server->fh_expire_type = res.fh_expire_type;
 	}
diff --git a/include/linux/nfs4.h b/include/linux/nfs4.h
index bfe6c379a24ecd37b3ffb58cba07ede3aee1c44a..c6f41b616965b7b872879d873e49473e0fe81a6e 100644
--- a/include/linux/nfs4.h
+++ b/include/linux/nfs4.h
@@ -396,6 +396,8 @@ enum lock_type4 {
 #define FATTR4_WORD2_LAYOUT_BLKSIZE     (1UL << 1)
 #define FATTR4_WORD2_MDSTHRESHOLD       (1UL << 4)
 #define FATTR4_WORD2_SECURITY_LABEL     (1UL << 16)
+#define FATTR4_WORD2_CHANGE_SECURITY_LABEL \
+					(1UL << 17)
 
 /* MDS threshold bitmap bits */
 #define THRESHOLD_RD                    (1UL << 0)