The patch got merged in 3.9 as well http://review.gluster.org/#/c/15586/
Verified this Bug on glusterfs-3.8.4-5.el7rhgs.x86_64 # rpm -qa | grep ganesha glusterfs-ganesha-3.8.4-5.el7rhgs.x86_64 nfs-ganesha-debuginfo-2.4.1-1.el7rhgs.x86_64 nfs-ganesha-2.4.1-1.el7rhgs.x86_64 nfs-ganesha-gluster-2.4.1-1.el7rhgs.x86_64 As the Issue is no more Observed with this build,hence marking this Bug as Verified.
Since the problem described in this bug report should be resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated files, follow the link below. If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report. https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0486.html