diff -up nfs-utils-1.2.4/utils/exportfs/exportfs.c.orig nfs-utils-1.2.4/utils/exportfs/exportfs.c
--- nfs-utils-1.2.4/utils/exportfs/exportfs.c.orig	2011-06-30 09:00:42.000000000 -0400
+++ nfs-utils-1.2.4/utils/exportfs/exportfs.c	2011-08-24 11:00:19.007352000 -0400
@@ -498,6 +498,9 @@ export_d_read(const char *dname)
 	struct dirent **namelist = NULL;
 
 
+	if (access(dname, X_OK) < 0)
+		return;
+
 	n = scandir(dname, &namelist, NULL, versionsort);
 	if (n < 0)
 		xlog(L_NOTICE, "scandir %s: %s\n", dname, strerror(errno));