__be32          err;
        int             host_err;
        __u32           v_mtime=0, v_atime=0;
-       int             v_mode=0;
 
        err = nfserr_perm;
        if (!flen)
                goto out;
 
        if (createmode == NFS3_CREATE_EXCLUSIVE) {
-               /* while the verifier would fit in mtime+atime,
-                * solaris7 gets confused (bugid 4218508) if these have
-                * the high bit set, so we use the mode as well
+               /* solaris7 gets confused (bugid 4218508) if these have
+                * the high bit set, so just clear the high bits.
                 */
                v_mtime = verifier[0]&0x7fffffff;
                v_atime = verifier[1]&0x7fffffff;
-               v_mode  = S_IFREG
-                       | ((verifier[0]&0x80000000) >> (32-7)) /* u+x */
-                       | ((verifier[1]&0x80000000) >> (32-9)) /* u+r */
-                       ;
        }
        
        if (dchild->d_inode) {
                case NFS3_CREATE_EXCLUSIVE:
                        if (   dchild->d_inode->i_mtime.tv_sec == v_mtime
                            && dchild->d_inode->i_atime.tv_sec == v_atime
-                           && dchild->d_inode->i_mode  == v_mode
                            && dchild->d_inode->i_size  == 0 )
                                break;
                         /* fallthru */
        }
 
        if (createmode == NFS3_CREATE_EXCLUSIVE) {
-               /* Cram the verifier into atime/mtime/mode */
+               /* Cram the verifier into atime/mtime */
                iap->ia_valid = ATTR_MTIME|ATTR_ATIME
-                       | ATTR_MTIME_SET|ATTR_ATIME_SET
-                       | ATTR_MODE;
+                       | ATTR_MTIME_SET|ATTR_ATIME_SET;
                /* XXX someone who knows this better please fix it for nsec */ 
                iap->ia_mtime.tv_sec = v_mtime;
                iap->ia_atime.tv_sec = v_atime;
                iap->ia_mtime.tv_nsec = 0;
                iap->ia_atime.tv_nsec = 0;
-               iap->ia_mode  = v_mode;
        }
 
        /* Set file attributes.
-        * Mode has already been set but we might need to reset it
-        * for CREATE_EXCLUSIVE
         * Irix appears to send along the gid when it tries to
         * implement setgid directories via NFS. Clear out all that cruft.
         */
  set_attr:
-       if ((iap->ia_valid &= ~(ATTR_UID|ATTR_GID)) != 0) {
+       if ((iap->ia_valid &= ~(ATTR_UID|ATTR_GID|ATTR_MODE)) != 0) {
                __be32 err2 = nfsd_setattr(rqstp, resfhp, iap, 0, (time_t)0);
                if (err2)
                        err = err2;