diff --git a/fs/nfs/inode.c b/fs/nfs/inode.c
index 28a0a3c..360114a 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/inode.c
@@ -164,17 +164,16 @@
 	if (S_ISREG(mode) || S_ISDIR(mode) || S_ISLNK(mode)) {
 		nfs_fscache_invalidate(inode);
 		nfsi->cache_validity |= NFS_INO_INVALID_ATTR
-					| NFS_INO_INVALID_LABEL
 					| NFS_INO_INVALID_DATA
 					| NFS_INO_INVALID_ACCESS
 					| NFS_INO_INVALID_ACL
 					| NFS_INO_REVAL_PAGECACHE;
 	} else
 		nfsi->cache_validity |= NFS_INO_INVALID_ATTR
-					| NFS_INO_INVALID_LABEL
 					| NFS_INO_INVALID_ACCESS
 					| NFS_INO_INVALID_ACL
 					| NFS_INO_REVAL_PAGECACHE;
+	nfs_zap_label_cache_locked(nfsi);
 }
 
 void nfs_zap_caches(struct inode *inode)
@@ -266,6 +265,13 @@
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_NFS_V4_SECURITY_LABEL
+static void nfs_clear_label_invalid(struct inode *inode)
+{
+	spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
+	NFS_I(inode)->cache_validity &= ~NFS_INO_INVALID_LABEL;
+	spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
+}
+
 void nfs_setsecurity(struct inode *inode, struct nfs_fattr *fattr,
 					struct nfs4_label *label)
 {
@@ -283,6 +289,7 @@
 					__func__,
 					(char *)label->label,
 					label->len, error);
+		nfs_clear_label_invalid(inode);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -1648,7 +1655,7 @@
 		inode->i_blocks = fattr->du.nfs2.blocks;
 
 	/* Update attrtimeo value if we're out of the unstable period */
-	if (invalid & (NFS_INO_INVALID_ATTR|NFS_INO_INVALID_LABEL)) {
+	if (invalid & NFS_INO_INVALID_ATTR) {
 		nfs_inc_stats(inode, NFSIOS_ATTRINVALIDATE);
 		nfsi->attrtimeo = NFS_MINATTRTIMEO(inode);
 		nfsi->attrtimeo_timestamp = now;
@@ -1661,7 +1668,6 @@
 		}
 	}
 	invalid &= ~NFS_INO_INVALID_ATTR;
-	invalid &= ~NFS_INO_INVALID_LABEL;
 	/* Don't invalidate the data if we were to blame */
 	if (!(S_ISREG(inode->i_mode) || S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode)
 				|| S_ISLNK(inode->i_mode)))
diff --git a/fs/nfs/internal.h b/fs/nfs/internal.h
index 8b5cc04..fafddda 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/internal.h
+++ b/fs/nfs/internal.h
@@ -279,9 +279,18 @@
 	}
 	return;
 }
+
+static inline void nfs_zap_label_cache_locked(struct nfs_inode *nfsi)
+{
+	if (nfs_server_capable(&nfsi->vfs_inode, NFS_CAP_SECURITY_LABEL))
+		nfsi->cache_validity |= NFS_INO_INVALID_LABEL;
+}
 #else
 static inline struct nfs4_label *nfs4_label_alloc(struct nfs_server *server, gfp_t flags) { return NULL; }
 static inline void nfs4_label_free(void *label) {}
+static inline void nfs_zap_label_cache_locked(struct nfs_inode *nfsi)
+{
+}
 #endif /* CONFIG_NFS_V4_SECURITY_LABEL */
 
 /* proc.c */