diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfs4xdr.c b/fs/nfsd/nfs4xdr.c
index 2a77603..6abe965 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfs4xdr.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfs4xdr.c
@@ -3229,6 +3229,7 @@
 	unsigned long maxcount;
 	struct xdr_stream *xdr = &resp->xdr;
 	struct file *file = read->rd_filp;
+	struct svc_fh *fhp = read->rd_fhp;
 	int starting_len = xdr->buf->len;
 	struct raparms *ra;
 	__be32 *p;
@@ -3252,12 +3253,15 @@
 	maxcount = min_t(unsigned long, maxcount, (xdr->buf->buflen - xdr->buf->len));
 	maxcount = min_t(unsigned long, maxcount, read->rd_length);
 
-	if (!read->rd_filp) {
+	if (read->rd_filp)
+		err = nfsd_permission(resp->rqstp, fhp->fh_export,
+				fhp->fh_dentry,
+				NFSD_MAY_READ|NFSD_MAY_OWNER_OVERRIDE);
+	else
 		err = nfsd_get_tmp_read_open(resp->rqstp, read->rd_fhp,
 						&file, &ra);
-		if (err)
-			goto err_truncate;
-	}
+	if (err)
+		goto err_truncate;
 
 	if (file->f_op->splice_read && resp->rqstp->rq_splice_ok)
 		err = nfsd4_encode_splice_read(resp, read, file, maxcount);