diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfs4proc.c b/fs/nfsd/nfs4proc.c
index d33c39c18cdd..30c75b961d68 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfs4proc.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfs4proc.c
@@ -2368,7 +2368,8 @@ nfsd4_proc_compound(struct svc_rqst *rqstp)
 			if (op->opdesc->op_flags & OP_CLEAR_STATEID)
 				clear_current_stateid(cstate);
 
-			if (need_wrongsec_check(rqstp))
+			if (current_fh->fh_export &&
+					need_wrongsec_check(rqstp))
 				op->status = check_nfsd_access(current_fh->fh_export, rqstp);
 		}
 encode_op: