diff --git a/fs/cifs/readdir.c b/fs/cifs/readdir.c
index 0a8224d1c4c5f2df8545f2c84f9e668feba2e0e9..a4217f02fab2860ced9f1bf444662cbf05461a4e 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/readdir.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/readdir.c
@@ -86,9 +86,12 @@ cifs_readdir_lookup(struct dentry *parent, struct qstr *name,
 
 	dentry = d_lookup(parent, name);
 	if (dentry) {
-		/* FIXME: check for inode number changes? */
-		if (dentry->d_inode != NULL)
+		inode = dentry->d_inode;
+		/* update inode in place if i_ino didn't change */
+		if (inode && CIFS_I(inode)->uniqueid == fattr->cf_uniqueid) {
+			cifs_fattr_to_inode(inode, fattr);
 			return dentry;
+		}
 		d_drop(dentry);
 		dput(dentry);
 	}