diff --git a/fs/nfs/inode.c b/fs/nfs/inode.c
index f1f6639f52b5fe839ec21ebf7c048f574350c724..7e73edc1751f57e41120fcd88f101b7850978797 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/inode.c
@@ -791,24 +791,18 @@ void nfs_end_data_update(struct inode *inode)
 static void nfs_wcc_update_inode(struct inode *inode, struct nfs_fattr *fattr)
 {
 	struct nfs_inode *nfsi = NFS_I(inode);
-	unsigned long now = jiffies;
 
 	/* If we have atomic WCC data, we may update some attributes */
 	if ((fattr->valid & NFS_ATTR_WCC) != 0) {
-		if (timespec_equal(&inode->i_ctime, &fattr->pre_ctime)) {
+		if (timespec_equal(&inode->i_ctime, &fattr->pre_ctime))
 			memcpy(&inode->i_ctime, &fattr->ctime, sizeof(inode->i_ctime));
-			nfsi->cache_change_attribute = now;
-		}
 		if (timespec_equal(&inode->i_mtime, &fattr->pre_mtime)) {
 			memcpy(&inode->i_mtime, &fattr->mtime, sizeof(inode->i_mtime));
 			if (S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode))
 				nfsi->cache_validity |= NFS_INO_INVALID_DATA;
-			nfsi->cache_change_attribute = now;
 		}
-		if (inode->i_size == fattr->pre_size && nfsi->npages == 0) {
+		if (inode->i_size == fattr->pre_size && nfsi->npages == 0)
 			inode->i_size = fattr->size;
-			nfsi->cache_change_attribute = now;
-		}
 	}
 }
 
@@ -919,6 +913,7 @@ int nfs_post_op_update_inode(struct inode *inode, struct nfs_fattr *fattr)
 	if (unlikely((fattr->valid & NFS_ATTR_FATTR) == 0)) {
 		spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
 		nfsi->cache_validity |= NFS_INO_INVALID_ACCESS|NFS_INO_INVALID_ATTR|NFS_INO_REVAL_PAGECACHE;
+		nfsi->cache_change_attribute = jiffies;
 		spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
 		goto out;
 	}
diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
index 0e366a31f63b1a9f4ab66df313ee6d4230dad93a..871c102d9bdff82adce7055d9f0e2feacb01a9aa 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
@@ -208,9 +208,12 @@ static void update_changeattr(struct inode *dir, struct nfs4_change_info *cinfo)
 	struct nfs_inode *nfsi = NFS_I(dir);
 
 	spin_lock(&dir->i_lock);
-	nfsi->cache_validity |= NFS_INO_INVALID_ATTR|NFS_INO_REVAL_PAGECACHE|NFS_INO_INVALID_DATA;
-	if (cinfo->before == nfsi->change_attr && cinfo->atomic)
+	if (cinfo->after != nfsi->change_attr) {
+		nfsi->cache_validity |= NFS_INO_INVALID_ATTR|NFS_INO_REVAL_PAGECACHE|NFS_INO_INVALID_DATA;
+		if (!cinfo->atomic || cinfo->before != nfsi->change_attr)
+			nfsi->cache_change_attribute = jiffies;
 		nfsi->change_attr = cinfo->after;
+	}
 	spin_unlock(&dir->i_lock);
 }
 
diff --git a/include/linux/nfs_fs.h b/include/linux/nfs_fs.h
index f45161363be238d05a1e6fb628eabd8873507760..fd2c5c8158cf5a3b55c7f0afc7ef7f6396e54518 100644
--- a/include/linux/nfs_fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/nfs_fs.h
@@ -235,8 +235,10 @@ static inline void nfs_mark_for_revalidate(struct inode *inode)
 
 	spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
 	nfsi->cache_validity |= NFS_INO_INVALID_ATTR|NFS_INO_INVALID_ACCESS;
-	if (S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode))
+	if (S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode)) {
 		nfsi->cache_validity |= NFS_INO_REVAL_PAGECACHE|NFS_INO_INVALID_DATA;
+		nfsi->cache_change_attribute = jiffies;
+	}
 	spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
 }