diff --git a/fs/nfs/dir.c b/fs/nfs/dir.c
index ce5a21861074293ca0968b04d1d13e4406ca93bd..44e519c21e1803d1887b98eddf9ccc46c4b75d05 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/dir.c
@@ -2449,6 +2449,9 @@ int nfs_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask)
 		case S_IFLNK:
 			goto out;
 		case S_IFREG:
+			if ((mask & MAY_OPEN) &&
+			   nfs_server_capable(inode, NFS_CAP_ATOMIC_OPEN))
+				return 0;
 			break;
 		case S_IFDIR:
 			/*