diff --git a/fs/nfs/inode.c b/fs/nfs/inode.c
index fed27c0d1a4dd7340cd7dd1f73e1e2f46bf8b1be..81946e77647cbe897f21d64bfc3e8d04992ef772 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/inode.c
@@ -955,6 +955,8 @@ static int nfs_check_inode_attributes(struct inode *inode, struct nfs_fattr *fat
 	unsigned long invalid = 0;
 
 
+	if (nfs_have_delegated_attributes(inode))
+		return 0;
 	/* Has the inode gone and changed behind our back? */
 	if ((fattr->valid & NFS_ATTR_FATTR_FILEID) && nfsi->fileid != fattr->fileid)
 		return -EIO;