{
        int status = nfs_ok;
 
-       if (!current_fh->fh_dentry)
-               return nfserr_nofilehandle;
-
-       status = nfs_ok;
        if (setattr->sa_iattr.ia_valid & ATTR_SIZE) {
                nfs4_lock_state();
                status = nfs4_preprocess_stateid_op(current_fh,
                /* All operations except RENEW, SETCLIENTID, RESTOREFH
                * SETCLIENTID_CONFIRM, PUTFH and PUTROOTFH
                * require a valid current filehandle
-               *
-               * SETATTR NOFILEHANDLE error handled in nfsd4_setattr
-               * due to required returned bitmap argument
                */
                if ((!current_fh->fh_dentry) &&
                   !((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) ||
-                  (op->opnum == OP_SETATTR))) {
+                  (op->opnum == OP_RELEASE_LOCKOWNER))) {
                        op->status = nfserr_nofilehandle;
                        goto encode_op;
                }