struct nfsd4_operation {
        nfsd4op_func op_func;
        u32 op_flags;
+/* Most ops require a valid current filehandle; a few don't: */
+#define ALLOWED_WITHOUT_FH 1
 /* GETATTR and ops not listed as returning NFS4ERR_MOVED: */
-#define ALLOWED_ON_ABSENT_FS 1
+#define ALLOWED_ON_ABSENT_FS 2
 };
 
 static struct nfsd4_operation nfsd4_ops[];
 
                opdesc = &nfsd4_ops[op->opnum];
 
-               /* All operations except RENEW, SETCLIENTID, RESTOREFH
-               * SETCLIENTID_CONFIRM, PUTFH and PUTROOTFH
-               * require a valid current filehandle
-               */
                if (!cstate->current_fh.fh_dentry) {
-                       if (!((op->opnum == OP_PUTFH) ||
-                             (op->opnum == OP_PUTROOTFH) ||
-                             (op->opnum == OP_SETCLIENTID) ||
-                             (op->opnum == OP_SETCLIENTID_CONFIRM) ||
-                             (op->opnum == OP_RENEW) ||
-                             (op->opnum == OP_RESTOREFH) ||
-                             (op->opnum == OP_RELEASE_LOCKOWNER))) {
+                       if (!(opdesc->op_flags & ALLOWED_WITHOUT_FH)) {
                                op->status = nfserr_nofilehandle;
                                goto encode_op;
                        }
        },
        [OP_PUTFH] = {
                .op_func = (nfsd4op_func)nfsd4_putfh,
+               .op_flags = ALLOWED_WITHOUT_FH | ALLOWED_ON_ABSENT_FS,
        },
        [OP_PUTPUBFH] = {
                /* unsupported; just for future reference: */
-               .op_flags = ALLOWED_ON_ABSENT_FS,
+               .op_flags = ALLOWED_WITHOUT_FH | ALLOWED_ON_ABSENT_FS,
        },
        [OP_PUTROOTFH] = {
                .op_func = (nfsd4op_func)nfsd4_putrootfh,
-               .op_flags = ALLOWED_ON_ABSENT_FS,
+               .op_flags = ALLOWED_WITHOUT_FH | ALLOWED_ON_ABSENT_FS,
        },
        [OP_READ] = {
                .op_func = (nfsd4op_func)nfsd4_read,
        },
        [OP_RENEW] = {
                .op_func = (nfsd4op_func)nfsd4_renew,
-               .op_flags = ALLOWED_ON_ABSENT_FS,
+               .op_flags = ALLOWED_WITHOUT_FH | ALLOWED_ON_ABSENT_FS,
        },
        [OP_RESTOREFH] = {
                .op_func = (nfsd4op_func)nfsd4_restorefh,
+               .op_flags = ALLOWED_WITHOUT_FH | ALLOWED_ON_ABSENT_FS,
        },
        [OP_SAVEFH] = {
                .op_func = (nfsd4op_func)nfsd4_savefh,
        },
        [OP_SETCLIENTID] = {
                .op_func = (nfsd4op_func)nfsd4_setclientid,
-               .op_flags = ALLOWED_ON_ABSENT_FS,
+               .op_flags = ALLOWED_WITHOUT_FH | ALLOWED_ON_ABSENT_FS,
        },
        [OP_SETCLIENTID_CONFIRM] = {
                .op_func = (nfsd4op_func)nfsd4_setclientid_confirm,
+               .op_flags = ALLOWED_WITHOUT_FH | ALLOWED_ON_ABSENT_FS,
        },
        [OP_VERIFY] = {
                .op_func = (nfsd4op_func)nfsd4_verify,
        },
        [OP_RELEASE_LOCKOWNER] = {
                .op_func = (nfsd4op_func)nfsd4_release_lockowner,
-               .op_flags = ALLOWED_ON_ABSENT_FS,
+               .op_flags = ALLOWED_WITHOUT_FH | ALLOWED_ON_ABSENT_FS,
        },
 };