diff --git a/fs/nfsd/vfs.c b/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
index ea85562..4dd49d6 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
@@ -1245,7 +1245,6 @@
 	__be32		err;
 	int		host_err;
 	__u32		v_mtime=0, v_atime=0;
-	int		v_mode=0;
 
 	err = nfserr_perm;
 	if (!flen)
@@ -1282,16 +1281,11 @@
 		goto out;
 
 	if (createmode == NFS3_CREATE_EXCLUSIVE) {
-		/* while the verifier would fit in mtime+atime,
-		 * solaris7 gets confused (bugid 4218508) if these have
-		 * the high bit set, so we use the mode as well
+		/* solaris7 gets confused (bugid 4218508) if these have
+		 * the high bit set, so just clear the high bits.
 		 */
 		v_mtime = verifier[0]&0x7fffffff;
 		v_atime = verifier[1]&0x7fffffff;
-		v_mode  = S_IFREG
-			| ((verifier[0]&0x80000000) >> (32-7)) /* u+x */
-			| ((verifier[1]&0x80000000) >> (32-9)) /* u+r */
-			;
 	}
 	
 	if (dchild->d_inode) {
@@ -1319,7 +1313,6 @@
 		case NFS3_CREATE_EXCLUSIVE:
 			if (   dchild->d_inode->i_mtime.tv_sec == v_mtime
 			    && dchild->d_inode->i_atime.tv_sec == v_atime
-			    && dchild->d_inode->i_mode  == v_mode
 			    && dchild->d_inode->i_size  == 0 )
 				break;
 			 /* fallthru */
@@ -1341,26 +1334,22 @@
 	}
 
 	if (createmode == NFS3_CREATE_EXCLUSIVE) {
-		/* Cram the verifier into atime/mtime/mode */
+		/* Cram the verifier into atime/mtime */
 		iap->ia_valid = ATTR_MTIME|ATTR_ATIME
-			| ATTR_MTIME_SET|ATTR_ATIME_SET
-			| ATTR_MODE;
+			| ATTR_MTIME_SET|ATTR_ATIME_SET;
 		/* XXX someone who knows this better please fix it for nsec */ 
 		iap->ia_mtime.tv_sec = v_mtime;
 		iap->ia_atime.tv_sec = v_atime;
 		iap->ia_mtime.tv_nsec = 0;
 		iap->ia_atime.tv_nsec = 0;
-		iap->ia_mode  = v_mode;
 	}
 
 	/* Set file attributes.
-	 * Mode has already been set but we might need to reset it
-	 * for CREATE_EXCLUSIVE
 	 * Irix appears to send along the gid when it tries to
 	 * implement setgid directories via NFS. Clear out all that cruft.
 	 */
  set_attr:
-	if ((iap->ia_valid &= ~(ATTR_UID|ATTR_GID)) != 0) {
+	if ((iap->ia_valid &= ~(ATTR_UID|ATTR_GID|ATTR_MODE)) != 0) {
  		__be32 err2 = nfsd_setattr(rqstp, resfhp, iap, 0, (time_t)0);
 		if (err2)
 			err = err2;