if (inode->i_version != fattr->change_attr) {
                        dprintk("NFS: change_attr change on server for file %s/%ld\n",
                                        inode->i_sb->s_id, inode->i_ino);
-                       invalid |= NFS_INO_INVALID_ATTR
-                               | NFS_INO_INVALID_DATA
-                               | NFS_INO_INVALID_ACCESS
-                               | NFS_INO_INVALID_ACL;
-                       if (S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode))
-                               nfs_force_lookup_revalidate(inode);
+                       /* Could it be a race with writeback? */
+                       if (nfsi->nrequests == 0) {
+                               invalid |= NFS_INO_INVALID_ATTR
+                                       | NFS_INO_INVALID_DATA
+                                       | NFS_INO_INVALID_ACCESS
+                                       | NFS_INO_INVALID_ACL;
+                               if (S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode))
+                                       nfs_force_lookup_revalidate(inode);
+                       }
                        inode->i_version = fattr->change_attr;
                }
        } else {