diff --git a/src/nfs/nfs_kv_getattr.cpp b/src/nfs/nfs_kv_getattr.cpp
index d69456f3..1cc6503e 100644
--- a/src/nfs/nfs_kv_getattr.cpp
+++ b/src/nfs/nfs_kv_getattr.cpp
@@ -166,7 +166,20 @@ int kv_nfs3_access_proc(void *opaque, rpc_op_t *rop)
             fprintf(stderr, "[%d] ACCESS %ju -> %s\n", self->nfs_fd, ino, value.c_str());
         if (res < 0)
         {
-            *reply = (ACCESS3res){ .status = vitastor_nfs_map_err(-res) };
+            // Broken inode (non-existing), allow only root access
+            if (!rop->auth_sys.uid)
+            {
+                *reply = (ACCESS3res){
+                    .status = NFS3_OK,
+                    .resok = (ACCESS3resok){
+                        .access = args->access,
+                    },
+                };
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                *reply = (ACCESS3res){ .status = vitastor_nfs_map_err(-res) };
+            }
         }
         else
         {
diff --git a/tests/test_nfs.sh b/tests/test_nfs.sh
index e7fd93bc..9be24213 100755
--- a/tests/test_nfs.sh
+++ b/tests/test_nfs.sh
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ build/src/kv/vitastor-kv --etcd_address $ETCD_URL fsmeta set d11/settings.jsonLG
 sudo mount localhost:/ ./testdata/nfs -o port=2050,mountport=2050,nfsvers=3,soft,nolock,tcp
 ls -l ./testdata/nfs
 ls -l ./testdata/nfs/settings.jsonLGNmGn
-rm ./testdata/nfs/settings.jsonLGNmGn
+sudo rm ./testdata/nfs/settings.jsonLGNmGn
 build/src/kv/vitastor-kv --etcd_address $ETCD_URL fsmeta get d11/settings.jsonLGNmGn 2>&1 | grep '(code -2)'
 ls -l ./testdata/nfs
 
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ build/src/kv/vitastor-kv --etcd_address $ETCD_URL fsmeta set d11/settings.jsonLG
 sudo mount localhost:/ ./testdata/nfs -o port=2050,mountport=2050,nfsvers=3,soft,nolock,tcp
 ls -l ./testdata/nfs
 ls -l ./testdata/nfs/settings.jsonLGNmGn
-rm ./testdata/nfs/settings.jsonLGNmGn
+sudo rm ./testdata/nfs/settings.jsonLGNmGn
 build/src/kv/vitastor-kv --etcd_address $ETCD_URL fsmeta get d11/settings.jsonLGNmGn 2>&1 | grep '(code -2)'
 ls -l ./testdata/nfs