diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfs4proc.c b/fs/nfsd/nfs4proc.c
index 50c07561e31f..f3f7f14a9368 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfs4proc.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfs4proc.c
@@ -394,8 +394,8 @@ nfsd4_create_file(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct svc_fh *fhp,
 	if ((iap->ia_valid & ATTR_SIZE) && (iap->ia_size == 0))
 		iap->ia_valid &= ~ATTR_SIZE;
 	if (nfsd4_create_is_exclusive(open->op_createmode)) {
-		iap->ia_valid = ATTR_MTIME | ATTR_ATIME |
-				ATTR_MTIME_SET|ATTR_ATIME_SET;
+		iap->ia_valid |= ATTR_MTIME | ATTR_ATIME |
+				 ATTR_MTIME_SET|ATTR_ATIME_SET;
 		iap->ia_mtime.tv_sec = v_mtime;
 		iap->ia_atime.tv_sec = v_atime;
 		iap->ia_mtime.tv_nsec = 0;