diff --git a/fs/nfs/dir.c b/fs/nfs/dir.c
index 07df192e23a090ea6fd9b21b61d5e4ffd0c77857..e275a6eb0a7c06414bfff4f813cf1b070b8f2fd3 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/dir.c
@@ -646,7 +646,7 @@ static int nfs_check_verifier(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
 {
 	if (IS_ROOT(dentry))
 		return 1;
-	if (dentry->d_time == NFS_I(dir)->cache_change_attribute)
+	if (nfs_verify_change_attribute(dir, dentry->d_time))
 		return 1;
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/include/linux/nfs_fs.h b/include/linux/nfs_fs.h
index a765dd45692277061fe3a8a32fbc2372e0c6d80b..0197b1243fe0af5ec6d0bfc544312f469242b75d 100644
--- a/include/linux/nfs_fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/nfs_fs.h
@@ -270,16 +270,16 @@ static inline unsigned long nfs_save_change_attribute(struct inode *dir)
 }
 
 /**
- * nfs_verify_change_attribute - Detects NFS inode cache updates
- * @inode - pointer to inode
+ * nfs_verify_change_attribute - Detects NFS remote directory changes
+ * @dir - pointer to parent directory inode
  * @chattr - previously saved change attribute
- * Return "false" if metadata has been updated (or is in the process of
- * being updated) since the change attribute was saved.
+ * Return "false" if the verifiers doesn't match the change attribute.
+ * This would usually indicate that the directory contents have changed on
+ * the server, and that any dentries need revalidating.
  */
-static inline int nfs_verify_change_attribute(struct inode *inode, unsigned long chattr)
+static inline int nfs_verify_change_attribute(struct inode *dir, unsigned long chattr)
 {
-	return !nfs_caches_unstable(inode)
-		&& chattr == NFS_I(inode)->cache_change_attribute;
+	return chattr == NFS_I(dir)->cache_change_attribute;
 }
 
 /*