diff --git a/fs/nfs/dir.c b/fs/nfs/dir.c
index 57b6a45576ad..bd1f9555447b 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/dir.c
@@ -80,6 +80,10 @@ static struct nfs_open_dir_context *alloc_nfs_open_dir_context(struct inode *dir
 		ctx->dup_cookie = 0;
 		ctx->cred = get_cred(cred);
 		spin_lock(&dir->i_lock);
+		if (list_empty(&nfsi->open_files) &&
+		    (nfsi->cache_validity & NFS_INO_DATA_INVAL_DEFER))
+			nfsi->cache_validity |= NFS_INO_INVALID_DATA |
+				NFS_INO_REVAL_FORCED;
 		list_add(&ctx->list, &nfsi->open_files);
 		spin_unlock(&dir->i_lock);
 		return ctx;
diff --git a/fs/nfs/inode.c b/fs/nfs/inode.c
index 53777813ca95..ea52c71534b5 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/inode.c
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ static void nfs_set_cache_invalid(struct inode *inode, unsigned long flags)
 	}
 
 	if (inode->i_mapping->nrpages == 0)
-		flags &= ~NFS_INO_INVALID_DATA;
+		flags &= ~(NFS_INO_INVALID_DATA|NFS_INO_DATA_INVAL_DEFER);
 	nfsi->cache_validity |= flags;
 	if (flags & NFS_INO_INVALID_DATA)
 		nfs_fscache_invalidate(inode);
@@ -652,7 +652,8 @@ static int nfs_vmtruncate(struct inode * inode, loff_t offset)
 	i_size_write(inode, offset);
 	/* Optimisation */
 	if (offset == 0)
-		NFS_I(inode)->cache_validity &= ~NFS_INO_INVALID_DATA;
+		NFS_I(inode)->cache_validity &= ~(NFS_INO_INVALID_DATA |
+				NFS_INO_DATA_INVAL_DEFER);
 	NFS_I(inode)->cache_validity &= ~NFS_INO_INVALID_SIZE;
 
 	spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
@@ -1032,6 +1033,10 @@ void nfs_inode_attach_open_context(struct nfs_open_context *ctx)
 	struct nfs_inode *nfsi = NFS_I(inode);
 
 	spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
+	if (list_empty(&nfsi->open_files) &&
+	    (nfsi->cache_validity & NFS_INO_DATA_INVAL_DEFER))
+		nfsi->cache_validity |= NFS_INO_INVALID_DATA |
+			NFS_INO_REVAL_FORCED;
 	list_add_tail_rcu(&ctx->list, &nfsi->open_files);
 	spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
 }
@@ -1313,7 +1318,8 @@ int nfs_revalidate_mapping(struct inode *inode,
 
 	set_bit(NFS_INO_INVALIDATING, bitlock);
 	smp_wmb();
-	nfsi->cache_validity &= ~NFS_INO_INVALID_DATA;
+	nfsi->cache_validity &= ~(NFS_INO_INVALID_DATA|
+			NFS_INO_DATA_INVAL_DEFER);
 	spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
 	trace_nfs_invalidate_mapping_enter(inode);
 	ret = nfs_invalidate_mapping(inode, mapping);
@@ -1871,7 +1877,8 @@ static int nfs_update_inode(struct inode *inode, struct nfs_fattr *fattr)
 				dprintk("NFS: change_attr change on server for file %s/%ld\n",
 						inode->i_sb->s_id,
 						inode->i_ino);
-			}
+			} else if (!have_delegation)
+				nfsi->cache_validity |= NFS_INO_DATA_INVAL_DEFER;
 			inode_set_iversion_raw(inode, fattr->change_attr);
 			attr_changed = true;
 		}
diff --git a/include/linux/nfs_fs.h b/include/linux/nfs_fs.h
index d363d5765cdf..0a11712a80e3 100644
--- a/include/linux/nfs_fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/nfs_fs.h
@@ -223,6 +223,8 @@ struct nfs4_copy_state {
 #define NFS_INO_INVALID_MTIME	BIT(10)		/* cached mtime is invalid */
 #define NFS_INO_INVALID_SIZE	BIT(11)		/* cached size is invalid */
 #define NFS_INO_INVALID_OTHER	BIT(12)		/* other attrs are invalid */
+#define NFS_INO_DATA_INVAL_DEFER	\
+				BIT(13)		/* Deferred cache invalidation */
 
 #define NFS_INO_INVALID_ATTR	(NFS_INO_INVALID_CHANGE \
 		| NFS_INO_INVALID_CTIME \