diff --git a/fs/nfsd/vfs.c b/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
index 22325b590e17..d6d4f2a0e898 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
@@ -903,11 +903,6 @@ __nfsd_open(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct svc_fh *fhp, umode_t type,
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	if (may_flags & NFSD_MAY_64BIT_COOKIE)
-		file->f_mode |= FMODE_64BITHASH;
-	else
-		file->f_mode |= FMODE_32BITHASH;
-
 	*filp = file;
 out:
 	return host_err;
@@ -2174,13 +2169,15 @@ nfsd_readdir(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct svc_fh *fhp, loff_t *offsetp,
 	loff_t		offset = *offsetp;
 	int             may_flags = NFSD_MAY_READ;
 
-	if (fhp->fh_64bit_cookies)
-		may_flags |= NFSD_MAY_64BIT_COOKIE;
-
 	err = nfsd_open(rqstp, fhp, S_IFDIR, may_flags, &file);
 	if (err)
 		goto out;
 
+	if (fhp->fh_64bit_cookies)
+		file->f_mode |= FMODE_64BITHASH;
+	else
+		file->f_mode |= FMODE_32BITHASH;
+
 	offset = vfs_llseek(file, offset, SEEK_SET);
 	if (offset < 0) {
 		err = nfserrno((int)offset);