diff --git a/src/WINNT/afsd/cm_access.c b/src/WINNT/afsd/cm_access.c
index ba747a8086..d9d141a9af 100644
--- a/src/WINNT/afsd/cm_access.c
+++ b/src/WINNT/afsd/cm_access.c
@@ -38,7 +38,12 @@ int cm_HaveAccessRights(struct cm_scache *scp, struct cm_user *userp, afs_uint32
     cm_fid_t tfid;
     int didLock;
     long trights;
-	
+
+    if (scp->flags & CM_SCACHEFLAG_EACCESS) {
+    	*outRightsp = aclScp->anyAccess;
+	return CM_ERROR_NOACCESS;
+    }
+
     didLock = 0;
     if (scp->fileType == CM_SCACHETYPE_DIRECTORY) {
         aclScp = scp;
diff --git a/src/WINNT/afsd/cm_scache.c b/src/WINNT/afsd/cm_scache.c
index c643fc41bb..8d32b4e72d 100644
--- a/src/WINNT/afsd/cm_scache.c
+++ b/src/WINNT/afsd/cm_scache.c
@@ -1313,7 +1313,6 @@ void cm_MergeStatus(cm_scache_t *scp, AFSFetchStatus *statusp, AFSVolSync *volp,
     if (statusp->errorCode != 0) {	
 	scp->flags |= CM_SCACHEFLAG_EACCESS;
 	osi_Log2(afsd_logp, "Merge, Failure scp %x code 0x%x", scp, statusp->errorCode);
-	return;
     } else {
 	scp->flags &= ~CM_SCACHEFLAG_EACCESS;
     }