diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c b/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c
index 591dc6ba6e19769fb128583ee1075c0bb586ffcf..9daa0b9feb8d027e438ef39c846daee95cf2d6cf 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c
@@ -1790,10 +1790,10 @@ nfsd4_process_open2(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct svc_fh *current_fh, struct nf
 	} else {
 		/* Stateid was not found, this is a new OPEN */
 		int flags = 0;
+		if (open->op_share_access & NFS4_SHARE_ACCESS_READ)
+			flags |= MAY_READ;
 		if (open->op_share_access & NFS4_SHARE_ACCESS_WRITE)
-			flags = MAY_WRITE;
-		else
-			flags = MAY_READ;
+			flags |= MAY_WRITE;
 		status = nfs4_new_open(rqstp, &stp, dp, current_fh, flags);
 		if (status)
 			goto out;
diff --git a/fs/nfsd/vfs.c b/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
index f916b170e136bd4c764b243bef1c4d013e1700e9..423e1ba070442797f65ce9da1ac0ebdbf16b9306 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
@@ -673,7 +673,10 @@ nfsd_open(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct svc_fh *fhp, int type,
 		goto out_nfserr;
 
 	if (access & MAY_WRITE) {
-		flags = O_WRONLY|O_LARGEFILE;
+		if (access & MAY_READ)
+			flags = O_RDWR|O_LARGEFILE;
+		else
+			flags = O_WRONLY|O_LARGEFILE;
 
 		DQUOT_INIT(inode);
 	}