diff --git a/fs/nfsd/vfs.c b/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
index 6d7be3f80356..eea5ad188984 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
@@ -404,6 +404,7 @@ nfsd_setattr(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct svc_fh *fhp, struct iattr *iap,
 	umode_t		ftype = 0;
 	__be32		err;
 	int		host_err;
+	bool		get_write_count;
 	int		size_change = 0;
 
 	if (iap->ia_valid & (ATTR_ATIME | ATTR_MTIME | ATTR_SIZE))
@@ -411,10 +412,18 @@ nfsd_setattr(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct svc_fh *fhp, struct iattr *iap,
 	if (iap->ia_valid & ATTR_SIZE)
 		ftype = S_IFREG;
 
+	/* Callers that do fh_verify should do the fh_want_write: */
+	get_write_count = !fhp->fh_dentry;
+
 	/* Get inode */
 	err = fh_verify(rqstp, fhp, ftype, accmode);
 	if (err)
 		goto out;
+	if (get_write_count) {
+		host_err = fh_want_write(fhp);
+		if (host_err)
+			return nfserrno(host_err);
+	}
 
 	dentry = fhp->fh_dentry;
 	inode = dentry->d_inode;