diff --git a/fs/nfs/dir.c b/fs/nfs/dir.c
index e7bc68fcbdf4..f0e39583af7e 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/dir.c
@@ -2500,6 +2500,8 @@ static int nfs_execute_ok(struct inode *inode, int mask)
 	struct nfs_server *server = NFS_SERVER(inode);
 	int ret = 0;
 
+	if (S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode))
+		return 0;
 	if (nfs_check_cache_invalid(inode, NFS_INO_INVALID_OTHER)) {
 		if (mask & MAY_NOT_BLOCK)
 			return -ECHILD;