diff --git a/fs/nfsd/vfs.c b/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
index f916b17..423e1ba 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
@@ -673,7 +673,10 @@
 		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);
 	}