diff --git a/fs/nfs/dir.c b/fs/nfs/dir.c
index 4807074ada8..2ab70d46ecb 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/dir.c
@@ -661,7 +661,7 @@ static int nfs_fsync_dir(struct file *filp, struct dentry *dentry, int datasync)
  */
 void nfs_force_lookup_revalidate(struct inode *dir)
 {
-	NFS_I(dir)->cache_change_attribute = jiffies;
+	NFS_I(dir)->cache_change_attribute++;
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/fs/nfs/inode.c b/fs/nfs/inode.c
index 116a3bd2bc9..b9195c02a86 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/inode.c
@@ -306,7 +306,6 @@ nfs_fhget(struct super_block *sb, struct nfs_fh *fh, struct nfs_fattr *fattr)
 
 		nfsi->read_cache_jiffies = fattr->time_start;
 		nfsi->attr_gencount = fattr->gencount;
-		nfsi->cache_change_attribute = now;
 		inode->i_atime = fattr->atime;
 		inode->i_mtime = fattr->mtime;
 		inode->i_ctime = fattr->ctime;