diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c b/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c
index aa309aa93fe81be66e5e33c4d404ebec4b815f86..4cf04e11c66ca39c80dc6b54b6854842de246826 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c
@@ -258,6 +258,7 @@ static void nfs4_put_deleg_lease(struct nfs4_file *fp)
 	if (atomic_dec_and_test(&fp->fi_delegees)) {
 		vfs_setlease(fp->fi_deleg_file, F_UNLCK, &fp->fi_lease);
 		fp->fi_lease = NULL;
+		fput(fp->fi_deleg_file);
 		fp->fi_deleg_file = NULL;
 	}
 }
@@ -402,8 +403,8 @@ static void free_generic_stateid(struct nfs4_stateid *stp)
 	if (stp->st_access_bmap) {
 		oflag = nfs4_access_bmap_to_omode(stp);
 		nfs4_file_put_access(stp->st_file, oflag);
-		put_nfs4_file(stp->st_file);
 	}
+	put_nfs4_file(stp->st_file);
 	kmem_cache_free(stateid_slab, stp);
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/nfsd/vfs.c b/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
index 2e1cebde90df4c69baa21635e959f9d81c9809f1..129f3c9f62d589f44b947fccd04c8f745cdfb485 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
@@ -1363,7 +1363,7 @@ nfsd_create_v3(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct svc_fh *fhp,
 		goto out;
 	if (!(iap->ia_valid & ATTR_MODE))
 		iap->ia_mode = 0;
-	err = fh_verify(rqstp, fhp, S_IFDIR, NFSD_MAY_CREATE);
+	err = fh_verify(rqstp, fhp, S_IFDIR, NFSD_MAY_EXEC);
 	if (err)
 		goto out;
 
@@ -1385,6 +1385,13 @@ nfsd_create_v3(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct svc_fh *fhp,
 	if (IS_ERR(dchild))
 		goto out_nfserr;
 
+	/* If file doesn't exist, check for permissions to create one */
+	if (!dchild->d_inode) {
+		err = fh_verify(rqstp, fhp, S_IFDIR, NFSD_MAY_CREATE);
+		if (err)
+			goto out;
+	}
+
 	err = fh_compose(resfhp, fhp->fh_export, dchild, fhp);
 	if (err)
 		goto out;