diff --git a/fs/9p/vfs_inode.c b/fs/9p/vfs_inode.c
index c9255d399917580540cc57e5900e5f0c5556356c..cd004dee2214a810168d9bb735610fb6cb8cc253 100644
--- a/fs/9p/vfs_inode.c
+++ b/fs/9p/vfs_inode.c
@@ -1090,7 +1090,7 @@ static int v9fs_vfs_setattr(struct dentry *dentry, struct iattr *iattr)
 {
 	int retval;
 	struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses;
-	struct p9_fid *fid;
+	struct p9_fid *fid = NULL;
 	struct p9_wstat wstat;
 
 	p9_debug(P9_DEBUG_VFS, "\n");
@@ -1100,7 +1100,12 @@ static int v9fs_vfs_setattr(struct dentry *dentry, struct iattr *iattr)
 
 	retval = -EPERM;
 	v9ses = v9fs_dentry2v9ses(dentry);
-	fid = v9fs_fid_lookup(dentry);
+	if (iattr->ia_valid & ATTR_FILE) {
+		fid = iattr->ia_file->private_data;
+		WARN_ON(!fid);
+	}
+	if (!fid)
+		fid = v9fs_fid_lookup(dentry);
 	if(IS_ERR(fid))
 		return PTR_ERR(fid);
 
diff --git a/fs/9p/vfs_inode_dotl.c b/fs/9p/vfs_inode_dotl.c
index 60328b21c5fbd0fde169569d2bfea0e739c8a320..0028eccb665a6224aa392dddc9810a093de50368 100644
--- a/fs/9p/vfs_inode_dotl.c
+++ b/fs/9p/vfs_inode_dotl.c
@@ -540,7 +540,7 @@ static int v9fs_mapped_iattr_valid(int iattr_valid)
 int v9fs_vfs_setattr_dotl(struct dentry *dentry, struct iattr *iattr)
 {
 	int retval;
-	struct p9_fid *fid;
+	struct p9_fid *fid = NULL;
 	struct p9_iattr_dotl p9attr;
 	struct inode *inode = d_inode(dentry);
 
@@ -560,7 +560,12 @@ int v9fs_vfs_setattr_dotl(struct dentry *dentry, struct iattr *iattr)
 	p9attr.mtime_sec = iattr->ia_mtime.tv_sec;
 	p9attr.mtime_nsec = iattr->ia_mtime.tv_nsec;
 
-	fid = v9fs_fid_lookup(dentry);
+	if (iattr->ia_valid & ATTR_FILE) {
+		fid = iattr->ia_file->private_data;
+		WARN_ON(!fid);
+	}
+	if (!fid)
+		fid = v9fs_fid_lookup(dentry);
 	if (IS_ERR(fid))
 		return PTR_ERR(fid);