diff --git a/fs/nfs/dir.c b/fs/nfs/dir.c
index 625d8e5..fced7d1 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/dir.c
@@ -650,12 +650,17 @@
  */
 static int nfs_check_verifier(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
 {
+	unsigned long verf;
+
 	if (IS_ROOT(dentry))
 		return 1;
+	verf = (unsigned long)dentry->d_fsdata;
 	if ((NFS_I(dir)->cache_validity & NFS_INO_INVALID_ATTR) != 0
-			|| nfs_attribute_timeout(dir))
+			|| nfs_attribute_timeout(dir)
+			|| nfs_caches_unstable(dir)
+			|| verf != NFS_I(dir)->cache_change_attribute)
 		return 0;
-	return nfs_verify_change_attribute(dir, (unsigned long)dentry->d_fsdata);
+	return 1;
 }
 
 static inline void nfs_set_verifier(struct dentry * dentry, unsigned long verf)
@@ -665,8 +670,7 @@
 
 static void nfs_refresh_verifier(struct dentry * dentry, unsigned long verf)
 {
-	if (time_after(verf, (unsigned long)dentry->d_fsdata))
-		nfs_set_verifier(dentry, verf);
+	nfs_set_verifier(dentry, verf);
 }
 
 /*