diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
index 4b66b0c469cd..6dcbc5defb7a 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
@@ -5695,6 +5695,14 @@ static void nfs4_delegreturn_done(struct rpc_task *task, void *calldata)
 	case -NFS4ERR_STALE_STATEID:
 		task->tk_status = 0;
 		break;
+	case -NFS4ERR_ACCESS:
+		if (data->args.bitmask) {
+			data->args.bitmask = NULL;
+			data->res.fattr = NULL;
+			task->tk_status = 0;
+			rpc_restart_call_prepare(task);
+			return;
+		}
 	default:
 		if (nfs4_async_handle_error(task, data->res.server,
 					    NULL, NULL) == -EAGAIN) {
diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4xdr.c b/fs/nfs/nfs4xdr.c
index 6f2365b99fb4..e9255cb453e6 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4xdr.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4xdr.c
@@ -2705,7 +2705,8 @@ static void nfs4_xdr_enc_delegreturn(struct rpc_rqst *req,
 	encode_putfh(xdr, args->fhandle, &hdr);
 	if (args->lr_args)
 		encode_layoutreturn(xdr, args->lr_args, &hdr);
-	encode_getfattr(xdr, args->bitmask, &hdr);
+	if (args->bitmask)
+		encode_getfattr(xdr, args->bitmask, &hdr);
 	encode_delegreturn(xdr, args->stateid, &hdr);
 	encode_nops(&hdr);
 }
@@ -6972,9 +6973,11 @@ static int nfs4_xdr_dec_delegreturn(struct rpc_rqst *rqstp,
 		if (status)
 			goto out;
 	}
-	status = decode_getfattr(xdr, res->fattr, res->server);
-	if (status != 0)
-		goto out;
+	if (res->fattr) {
+		status = decode_getfattr(xdr, res->fattr, res->server);
+		if (status != 0)
+			goto out;
+	}
 	status = decode_delegreturn(xdr);
 out:
 	return status;