diff --git a/fs/nfsd/vfs.h b/fs/nfsd/vfs.h
index a61ada4fd920..0380fc2a63fb 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/vfs.h
+++ b/fs/nfsd/vfs.h
@@ -67,7 +67,8 @@ static inline bool nfsd_attrs_valid(struct nfsd_attrs *attrs)
 	struct iattr *iap = attrs->na_iattr;
 
 	return (iap->ia_valid || (attrs->na_seclabel &&
-		attrs->na_seclabel->len));
+		attrs->na_seclabel->len) ||
+		attrs->na_pacl || attrs->na_dpacl);
 }
 
 __be32		nfserrno (int errno);