diff --git a/fs/nfsd/vfs.c b/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
index 7eea63cada1d4a3ea5f9dd95401f83714689fcb0..c8aa6ff9925927e00b402c039d4b5df5a0e5a86e 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
@@ -348,8 +348,7 @@ nfsd_sanitize_attrs(struct inode *inode, struct iattr *iap)
 
 	/* Revoke setuid/setgid on chown */
 	if (!S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode) &&
-	    (((iap->ia_valid & ATTR_UID) && !uid_eq(iap->ia_uid, inode->i_uid)) ||
-	     ((iap->ia_valid & ATTR_GID) && !gid_eq(iap->ia_gid, inode->i_gid)))) {
+	    ((iap->ia_valid & ATTR_UID) || (iap->ia_valid & ATTR_GID))) {
 		iap->ia_valid |= ATTR_KILL_PRIV;
 		if (iap->ia_valid & ATTR_MODE) {
 			/* we're setting mode too, just clear the s*id bits */