diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
index 0dfdbb406f96..895808beba25 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
@@ -1162,7 +1162,7 @@ static int nfs4_call_sync_sequence(struct rpc_clnt *clnt,
 {
 	unsigned short task_flags = 0;
 
-	if (server->nfs_client->cl_minorversion)
+	if (server->caps & NFS_CAP_MOVEABLE)
 		task_flags = RPC_TASK_MOVEABLE;
 	return nfs4_do_call_sync(clnt, server, msg, args, res, task_flags);
 }
@@ -2568,7 +2568,7 @@ static int nfs4_run_open_task(struct nfs4_opendata *data,
 	};
 	int status;
 
-	if (server->nfs_client->cl_minorversion)
+	if (nfs_server_capable(dir, NFS_CAP_MOVEABLE))
 		task_setup_data.flags |= RPC_TASK_MOVEABLE;
 
 	kref_get(&data->kref);
@@ -3737,7 +3737,7 @@ int nfs4_do_close(struct nfs4_state *state, gfp_t gfp_mask, int wait)
 	};
 	int status = -ENOMEM;
 
-	if (server->nfs_client->cl_minorversion)
+	if (nfs_server_capable(state->inode, NFS_CAP_MOVEABLE))
 		task_setup_data.flags |= RPC_TASK_MOVEABLE;
 
 	nfs4_state_protect(server->nfs_client, NFS_SP4_MACH_CRED_CLEANUP,
@@ -4408,7 +4408,7 @@ static int _nfs4_proc_lookup(struct rpc_clnt *clnt, struct inode *dir,
 	};
 	unsigned short task_flags = 0;
 
-	if (server->nfs_client->cl_minorversion)
+	if (nfs_server_capable(dir, NFS_CAP_MOVEABLE))
 		task_flags = RPC_TASK_MOVEABLE;
 
 	/* Is this is an attribute revalidation, subject to softreval? */
@@ -6640,10 +6640,13 @@ static int _nfs4_proc_delegreturn(struct inode *inode, const struct cred *cred,
 		.rpc_client = server->client,
 		.rpc_message = &msg,
 		.callback_ops = &nfs4_delegreturn_ops,
-		.flags = RPC_TASK_ASYNC | RPC_TASK_TIMEOUT | RPC_TASK_MOVEABLE,
+		.flags = RPC_TASK_ASYNC | RPC_TASK_TIMEOUT,
 	};
 	int status = 0;
 
+	if (nfs_server_capable(inode, NFS_CAP_MOVEABLE))
+		task_setup_data.flags |= RPC_TASK_MOVEABLE;
+
 	data = kzalloc(sizeof(*data), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (data == NULL)
 		return -ENOMEM;
@@ -6957,10 +6960,8 @@ static struct rpc_task *nfs4_do_unlck(struct file_lock *fl,
 		.workqueue = nfsiod_workqueue,
 		.flags = RPC_TASK_ASYNC,
 	};
-	struct nfs_client *client =
-		NFS_SERVER(lsp->ls_state->inode)->nfs_client;
 
-	if (client->cl_minorversion)
+	if (nfs_server_capable(lsp->ls_state->inode, NFS_CAP_MOVEABLE))
 		task_setup_data.flags |= RPC_TASK_MOVEABLE;
 
 	nfs4_state_protect(NFS_SERVER(lsp->ls_state->inode)->nfs_client,
@@ -7231,9 +7232,8 @@ static int _nfs4_do_setlk(struct nfs4_state *state, int cmd, struct file_lock *f
 		.flags = RPC_TASK_ASYNC | RPC_TASK_CRED_NOREF,
 	};
 	int ret;
-	struct nfs_client *client = NFS_SERVER(state->inode)->nfs_client;
 
-	if (client->cl_minorversion)
+	if (nfs_server_capable(state->inode, NFS_CAP_MOVEABLE))
 		task_setup_data.flags |= RPC_TASK_MOVEABLE;
 
 	data = nfs4_alloc_lockdata(fl, nfs_file_open_context(fl->fl_file),
@@ -10468,7 +10468,8 @@ static const struct nfs4_minor_version_ops nfs_v4_1_minor_ops = {
 		| NFS_CAP_POSIX_LOCK
 		| NFS_CAP_STATEID_NFSV41
 		| NFS_CAP_ATOMIC_OPEN_V1
-		| NFS_CAP_LGOPEN,
+		| NFS_CAP_LGOPEN
+		| NFS_CAP_MOVEABLE,
 	.init_client = nfs41_init_client,
 	.shutdown_client = nfs41_shutdown_client,
 	.match_stateid = nfs41_match_stateid,
@@ -10503,7 +10504,8 @@ static const struct nfs4_minor_version_ops nfs_v4_2_minor_ops = {
 		| NFS_CAP_LAYOUTSTATS
 		| NFS_CAP_CLONE
 		| NFS_CAP_LAYOUTERROR
-		| NFS_CAP_READ_PLUS,
+		| NFS_CAP_READ_PLUS
+		| NFS_CAP_MOVEABLE,
 	.init_client = nfs41_init_client,
 	.shutdown_client = nfs41_shutdown_client,
 	.match_stateid = nfs41_match_stateid,
diff --git a/fs/nfs/pagelist.c b/fs/nfs/pagelist.c
index 9157dd19b8b4..317cedfa52bf 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/pagelist.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/pagelist.c
@@ -767,6 +767,9 @@ int nfs_initiate_pgio(struct rpc_clnt *clnt, struct nfs_pgio_header *hdr,
 		.flags = RPC_TASK_ASYNC | flags,
 	};
 
+	if (nfs_server_capable(hdr->inode, NFS_CAP_MOVEABLE))
+		task_setup_data.flags |= RPC_TASK_MOVEABLE;
+
 	hdr->rw_ops->rw_initiate(hdr, &msg, rpc_ops, &task_setup_data, how);
 
 	dprintk("NFS: initiated pgio call "
diff --git a/fs/nfs/unlink.c b/fs/nfs/unlink.c
index 6f325e10056c..9697cd5d2561 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/unlink.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/unlink.c
@@ -102,6 +102,10 @@ static void nfs_do_call_unlink(struct inode *inode, struct nfs_unlinkdata *data)
 	};
 	struct rpc_task *task;
 	struct inode *dir = d_inode(data->dentry->d_parent);
+
+	if (nfs_server_capable(inode, NFS_CAP_MOVEABLE))
+		task_setup_data.flags |= RPC_TASK_MOVEABLE;
+
 	nfs_sb_active(dir->i_sb);
 	data->args.fh = NFS_FH(dir);
 	nfs_fattr_init(data->res.dir_attr);
@@ -344,6 +348,10 @@ nfs_async_rename(struct inode *old_dir, struct inode *new_dir,
 		.flags = RPC_TASK_ASYNC | RPC_TASK_CRED_NOREF,
 	};
 
+	if (nfs_server_capable(old_dir, NFS_CAP_MOVEABLE) &&
+	    nfs_server_capable(new_dir, NFS_CAP_MOVEABLE))
+		task_setup_data.flags |= RPC_TASK_MOVEABLE;
+
 	data = kzalloc(sizeof(*data), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (data == NULL)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
diff --git a/fs/nfs/write.c b/fs/nfs/write.c
index 2f41659e232e..1c706465d090 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/write.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/write.c
@@ -1709,6 +1709,10 @@ int nfs_initiate_commit(struct rpc_clnt *clnt, struct nfs_commit_data *data,
 		.flags = RPC_TASK_ASYNC | flags,
 		.priority = priority,
 	};
+
+	if (nfs_server_capable(data->inode, NFS_CAP_MOVEABLE))
+		task_setup_data.flags |= RPC_TASK_MOVEABLE;
+
 	/* Set up the initial task struct.  */
 	nfs_ops->commit_setup(data, &msg, &task_setup_data.rpc_client);
 	trace_nfs_initiate_commit(data);
diff --git a/include/linux/nfs_fs_sb.h b/include/linux/nfs_fs_sb.h
index 157d2bd6b241..ea2f7e6b1b0b 100644
--- a/include/linux/nfs_fs_sb.h
+++ b/include/linux/nfs_fs_sb.h
@@ -287,4 +287,5 @@ struct nfs_server {
 #define NFS_CAP_XATTR		(1U << 28)
 #define NFS_CAP_READ_PLUS	(1U << 29)
 #define NFS_CAP_FS_LOCATIONS	(1U << 30)
+#define NFS_CAP_MOVEABLE	(1U << 31)
 #endif
