diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
index ec68edce6cc3..71f2916f93ff 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
@@ -1669,6 +1669,7 @@ static void nfs4_return_incompatible_delegation(struct inode *inode, fmode_t fmo
 {
 	struct nfs_delegation *delegation;
 
+	fmode &= FMODE_READ|FMODE_WRITE;
 	rcu_read_lock();
 	delegation = rcu_dereference(NFS_I(inode)->delegation);
 	if (delegation == NULL || (delegation->type & fmode) == fmode) {