diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
index 5d9a4f79d..2d2396a48 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2008-10-08  Corinna Vinschen  <corinna@vinschen.de>
+
+	* path.cc (path_conv::path_conv): Only assume executability by suffix
+	on file systems not supporting permissions.
+
 2008-10-07  Christopher Faylor  <me+cygwin@cgf.cx>
 
 	* pthread.cc (pthread_create): Very minor formatting change.
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/path.cc b/winsup/cygwin/path.cc
index b70e0a290..3b5163eca 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/path.cc
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/path.cc
@@ -1248,7 +1248,8 @@ out:
   if (saw_symlinks)
     set_has_symlinks ();
 
-  if (!error && !isdir () && !(path_flags & PATH_ALL_EXEC))
+  if (!error && !isdir () && !(path_flags & PATH_ALL_EXEC)
+      && !fs.has_acls () && !fs.is_nfs ())
     {
       const char *p = strchr (path, '\0') - 4;
       if (p >= path &&