diff -up nfs-utils-1.1.1/support/nfs/exports.c.orig nfs-utils-1.1.1/support/nfs/exports.c
--- nfs-utils-1.1.1/support/nfs/exports.c.orig	2007-10-18 23:07:28.000000000 -0400
+++ nfs-utils-1.1.1/support/nfs/exports.c	2008-01-05 09:01:50.000000000 -0500
@@ -484,7 +484,7 @@ static int
 parseopts(char *cp, struct exportent *ep, int warn, int *had_subtree_opt_ptr)
 {
 	struct sec_entry *p;
-	int	had_subtree_opt = 0;
+	int	had_subtree_opt = 1;
 	char 	*flname = efname?efname:"command line";
 	int	flline = efp?efp->x_line:0;
 	unsigned int active = 0;