diff --git a/fs/nfs/dir.c b/fs/nfs/dir.c
index 062e108..37c1dd6 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/dir.c
@@ -637,7 +637,7 @@
  * In the case it has, we assume that the dentries are untrustworthy
  * and may need to be looked up again.
  */
-static inline int nfs_check_verifier(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
+static int nfs_check_verifier(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
 {
 	if (IS_ROOT(dentry))
 		return 1;
@@ -652,6 +652,12 @@
 	dentry->d_fsdata = (void *)verf;
 }
 
+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);
+}
+
 /*
  * Whenever an NFS operation succeeds, we know that the dentry
  * is valid, so we update the revalidation timestamp.
@@ -785,7 +791,7 @@
 		goto out_bad;
 
 	nfs_renew_times(dentry);
-	nfs_set_verifier(dentry, verifier);
+	nfs_refresh_verifier(dentry, verifier);
  out_valid:
 	unlock_kernel();
 	dput(parent);
@@ -1085,7 +1091,7 @@
 	verifier = nfs_save_change_attribute(dir);
 	ret = nfs4_open_revalidate(dir, dentry, openflags, nd);
 	if (!ret)
-		nfs_set_verifier(dentry, verifier);
+		nfs_refresh_verifier(dentry, verifier);
 	unlock_kernel();
 out:
 	dput(parent);
@@ -1159,10 +1165,13 @@
 		dentry = alias;
 	}
 
-out_renew:
 	nfs_renew_times(dentry);
 	nfs_set_verifier(dentry, nfs_save_change_attribute(dir));
 	return dentry;
+out_renew:
+	nfs_renew_times(dentry);
+	nfs_refresh_verifier(dentry, nfs_save_change_attribute(dir));
+	return dentry;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -1700,7 +1709,7 @@
 	if (!error) {
 		d_move(old_dentry, new_dentry);
 		nfs_renew_times(new_dentry);
-		nfs_set_verifier(new_dentry, nfs_save_change_attribute(new_dir));
+		nfs_refresh_verifier(new_dentry, nfs_save_change_attribute(new_dir));
 	}
 
 	/* new dentry created? */