diff --git a/src/nwconn.c b/src/nwconn.c
index 544f25b..3a81844 100644
--- a/src/nwconn.c
+++ b/src/nwconn.c
@@ -1255,14 +1255,15 @@ static int afp_set_file_information(uint8 *afp_req, int afp_len,
   if (data_off & 1) data_off++;
   if (request_mask & AFP_FILE_BITMAP_ATTRIBUTES) {
     uint16 requested_attrs = GET_BE16(afp_req + data_off);
+    uint16 requested_set_bits = requested_attrs & ~AFP_ATTR_SETCLR;
     log_attrs = requested_attrs;
-    if (requested_bits & AFP_ATTR_ARCHIVE) {
+    if (requested_set_bits & AFP_ATTR_ARCHIVE) {
       result = afp_set_netware_archive_attribute(path_volume, unixname,
                                                  &stbuff, requested_attrs);
       if (result < 0)
         return(result);
     }
-    if (requested_bits & AFP_ATTR_XATTR_MASK) {
+    if (requested_set_bits & AFP_ATTR_XATTR_MASK) {
       uint16 xattr_attrs = requested_attrs & (AFP_ATTR_SETCLR | AFP_ATTR_XATTR_MASK);
       result = nwatalk_set_afp_attributes(unixname, xattr_attrs);
       if (result < 0)