diff --git a/sys/fs/nfsclient/nfs_clvnops.c b/sys/fs/nfsclient/nfs_clvnops.c
index 818551fa3b69..513abf4d70c4 100644
--- a/sys/fs/nfsclient/nfs_clvnops.c
+++ b/sys/fs/nfsclient/nfs_clvnops.c
@@ -1606,20 +1606,6 @@ nfs_create(struct vop_create_args *ap)
 		}
 	} else if (NFS_ISV34(dvp) && (fmode & O_EXCL)) {
 		if (nfscl_checksattr(vap, &nfsva)) {
-			/*
-			 * We are normally called with only a partially
-			 * initialized VAP. Since the NFSv3 spec says that
-			 * the server may use the file attributes to
-			 * store the verifier, the spec requires us to do a
-			 * SETATTR RPC. FreeBSD servers store the verifier in
-			 * atime, but we can't really assume that all servers
-			 * will so we ensure that our SETATTR sets both atime
-			 * and mtime.
-			 */
-			if (vap->va_mtime.tv_sec == VNOVAL)
-				vfs_timestamp(&vap->va_mtime);
-			if (vap->va_atime.tv_sec == VNOVAL)
-				vap->va_atime = vap->va_mtime;
 			error = nfsrpc_setattr(newvp, vap, NULL, cnp->cn_cred,
 			    cnp->cn_thread, &nfsva, &attrflag, NULL);
 			if (error && (vap->va_uid != (uid_t)VNOVAL ||