diff --git a/fs/nfs/dir.c b/fs/nfs/dir.c
index 1320288ff9ec9..b4e7558e42ab9 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/dir.c
@@ -155,6 +155,7 @@ typedef struct {
 	loff_t		current_index;
 	decode_dirent_t	decode;
 
+	unsigned long	dir_verifier;
 	unsigned long	timestamp;
 	unsigned long	gencount;
 	unsigned int	cache_entry_index;
@@ -353,6 +354,7 @@ int nfs_readdir_xdr_filler(struct page **pages, nfs_readdir_descriptor_t *desc,
  again:
 	timestamp = jiffies;
 	gencount = nfs_inc_attr_generation_counter();
+	desc->dir_verifier = nfs_save_change_attribute(inode);
 	error = NFS_PROTO(inode)->readdir(file_dentry(file), cred, entry->cookie, pages,
 					  NFS_SERVER(inode)->dtsize, desc->plus);
 	if (error < 0) {
@@ -455,13 +457,13 @@ void nfs_force_use_readdirplus(struct inode *dir)
 }
 
 static
-void nfs_prime_dcache(struct dentry *parent, struct nfs_entry *entry)
+void nfs_prime_dcache(struct dentry *parent, struct nfs_entry *entry,
+		unsigned long dir_verifier)
 {
 	struct qstr filename = QSTR_INIT(entry->name, entry->len);
 	DECLARE_WAIT_QUEUE_HEAD_ONSTACK(wq);
 	struct dentry *dentry;
 	struct dentry *alias;
-	struct inode *dir = d_inode(parent);
 	struct inode *inode;
 	int status;
 
@@ -500,7 +502,7 @@ void nfs_prime_dcache(struct dentry *parent, struct nfs_entry *entry)
 		if (nfs_same_file(dentry, entry)) {
 			if (!entry->fh->size)
 				goto out;
-			nfs_set_verifier(dentry, nfs_save_change_attribute(dir));
+			nfs_set_verifier(dentry, dir_verifier);
 			status = nfs_refresh_inode(d_inode(dentry), entry->fattr);
 			if (!status)
 				nfs_setsecurity(d_inode(dentry), entry->fattr, entry->label);
@@ -526,7 +528,7 @@ void nfs_prime_dcache(struct dentry *parent, struct nfs_entry *entry)
 		dput(dentry);
 		dentry = alias;
 	}
-	nfs_set_verifier(dentry, nfs_save_change_attribute(dir));
+	nfs_set_verifier(dentry, dir_verifier);
 out:
 	dput(dentry);
 }
@@ -564,7 +566,8 @@ int nfs_readdir_page_filler(nfs_readdir_descriptor_t *desc, struct nfs_entry *en
 		count++;
 
 		if (desc->plus)
-			nfs_prime_dcache(file_dentry(desc->file), entry);
+			nfs_prime_dcache(file_dentry(desc->file), entry,
+					desc->dir_verifier);
 
 		status = nfs_readdir_add_to_array(entry, page);
 		if (status != 0)
@@ -1159,6 +1162,7 @@ nfs_lookup_revalidate_dentry(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
 	struct nfs_fh *fhandle;
 	struct nfs_fattr *fattr;
 	struct nfs4_label *label;
+	unsigned long dir_verifier;
 	int ret;
 
 	ret = -ENOMEM;
@@ -1168,6 +1172,7 @@ nfs_lookup_revalidate_dentry(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
 	if (fhandle == NULL || fattr == NULL || IS_ERR(label))
 		goto out;
 
+	dir_verifier = nfs_save_change_attribute(dir);
 	ret = NFS_PROTO(dir)->lookup(dir, dentry, fhandle, fattr, label);
 	if (ret < 0) {
 		switch (ret) {
@@ -1188,7 +1193,7 @@ nfs_lookup_revalidate_dentry(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
 		goto out;
 
 	nfs_setsecurity(inode, fattr, label);
-	nfs_set_verifier(dentry, nfs_save_change_attribute(dir));
+	nfs_set_verifier(dentry, dir_verifier);
 
 	/* set a readdirplus hint that we had a cache miss */
 	nfs_force_use_readdirplus(dir);
@@ -1415,6 +1420,7 @@ struct dentry *nfs_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry * dentry, unsigned in
 	struct nfs_fh *fhandle = NULL;
 	struct nfs_fattr *fattr = NULL;
 	struct nfs4_label *label = NULL;
+	unsigned long dir_verifier;
 	int error;
 
 	dfprintk(VFS, "NFS: lookup(%pd2)\n", dentry);
@@ -1440,6 +1446,7 @@ struct dentry *nfs_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry * dentry, unsigned in
 	if (IS_ERR(label))
 		goto out;
 
+	dir_verifier = nfs_save_change_attribute(dir);
 	trace_nfs_lookup_enter(dir, dentry, flags);
 	error = NFS_PROTO(dir)->lookup(dir, dentry, fhandle, fattr, label);
 	if (error == -ENOENT)
@@ -1463,7 +1470,7 @@ struct dentry *nfs_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry * dentry, unsigned in
 			goto out_label;
 		dentry = res;
 	}
-	nfs_set_verifier(dentry, nfs_save_change_attribute(dir));
+	nfs_set_verifier(dentry, dir_verifier);
 out_label:
 	trace_nfs_lookup_exit(dir, dentry, flags, error);
 	nfs4_label_free(label);