diff --git a/fs/nfs/inode.c b/fs/nfs/inode.c
index 6acc73c80d7f..f52c99f4785b 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/inode.c
@@ -237,6 +237,8 @@ nfs_find_actor(struct inode *inode, void *opaque)
 
 	if (NFS_FILEID(inode) != fattr->fileid)
 		return 0;
+	if ((S_IFMT & inode->i_mode) != (S_IFMT & fattr->mode))
+		return 0;
 	if (nfs_compare_fh(NFS_FH(inode), fh))
 		return 0;
 	if (is_bad_inode(inode) || NFS_STALE(inode))