fh_copy(&resp->fh, &argp->fh);
        resp->committed = argp->stable;
-       nfserr = nfsd_write(rqstp, &resp->fh, NULL,
-                                  argp->offset,
-                                  rqstp->rq_vec, argp->vlen,
-                                  &cnt,
-                                  resp->committed);
+       nfserr = nfsd_write(rqstp, &resp->fh, argp->offset,
+                               rqstp->rq_vec, argp->vlen,
+                               &cnt, resp->committed);
        resp->count = cnt;
        RETURN_STATUS(nfserr);
 }
 
                SVCFH_fmt(&argp->fh),
                argp->len, argp->offset);
 
-       nfserr = nfsd_write(rqstp, fh_copy(&resp->fh, &argp->fh), NULL,
-                                  argp->offset,
-                                  rqstp->rq_vec, argp->vlen,
-                                  &cnt,
-                                  NFS_DATA_SYNC);
+       nfserr = nfsd_write(rqstp, fh_copy(&resp->fh, &argp->fh), argp->offset,
+                               rqstp->rq_vec, argp->vlen, &cnt, NFS_DATA_SYNC);
        return nfsd_return_attrs(nfserr, resp);
 }
 
 
  * N.B. After this call fhp needs an fh_put
  */
 __be32
-nfsd_write(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct svc_fh *fhp, struct file *file,
-               loff_t offset, struct kvec *vec, int vlen, unsigned long *cnt,
-               int stable)
+nfsd_write(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct svc_fh *fhp, loff_t offset,
+          struct kvec *vec, int vlen, unsigned long *cnt, int stable)
 {
-       __be32                  err = 0;
+       struct file *file = NULL;
+       __be32 err = 0;
 
        trace_write_start(rqstp, fhp, offset, vlen);
 
-       if (file) {
-               err = nfsd_permission(rqstp, fhp->fh_export, fhp->fh_dentry,
-                               NFSD_MAY_WRITE|NFSD_MAY_OWNER_OVERRIDE);
-               if (err)
-                       goto out;
-               trace_write_opened(rqstp, fhp, offset, vlen);
-               err = nfsd_vfs_write(rqstp, fhp, file, offset, vec, vlen, cnt,
-                               stable);
-               trace_write_io_done(rqstp, fhp, offset, vlen);
-       } else {
-               err = nfsd_open(rqstp, fhp, S_IFREG, NFSD_MAY_WRITE, &file);
-               if (err)
-                       goto out;
+       err = nfsd_open(rqstp, fhp, S_IFREG, NFSD_MAY_WRITE, &file);
+       if (err)
+               goto out;
 
-               trace_write_opened(rqstp, fhp, offset, vlen);
-               if (cnt)
-                       err = nfsd_vfs_write(rqstp, fhp, file, offset, vec, vlen,
-                                            cnt, stable);
-               trace_write_io_done(rqstp, fhp, offset, vlen);
-               fput(file);
-       }
+       trace_write_opened(rqstp, fhp, offset, vlen);
+       err = nfsd_vfs_write(rqstp, fhp, file, offset, vec, vlen, cnt, stable);
+       trace_write_io_done(rqstp, fhp, offset, vlen);
+       fput(file);
 out:
        trace_write_done(rqstp, fhp, offset, vlen);
        return err;
 
                                unsigned long *);
 __be32                 nfsd_read(struct svc_rqst *, struct svc_fh *,
                                loff_t, struct kvec *, int, unsigned long *);
-__be32                 nfsd_write(struct svc_rqst *, struct svc_fh *,struct file *,
-                               loff_t, struct kvec *,int, unsigned long *, int);
+__be32                 nfsd_write(struct svc_rqst *, struct svc_fh *, loff_t,
+                               struct kvec *, int, unsigned long *, int);
 __be32         nfsd_vfs_write(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct svc_fh *fhp,
                                struct file *file, loff_t offset,
                                struct kvec *vec, int vlen, unsigned long *cnt,