diff --git a/net/sunrpc/cache.c b/net/sunrpc/cache.c
index afab8fce9205493a270f49d363281186cbc4c68c..d2c089e5041fbda5a81a9c9b83dd31c7e5b0cf30 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/cache.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/cache.c
@@ -1855,7 +1855,9 @@ void sunrpc_cache_unhash(struct cache_detail *cd, struct cache_head *h)
 	if (!hlist_unhashed(&h->cache_list)){
 		hlist_del_init(&h->cache_list);
 		cd->entries--;
+		set_bit(CACHE_CLEANED, &h->flags);
 		write_unlock(&cd->hash_lock);
+		cache_fresh_unlocked(h, cd);
 		cache_put(h, cd);
 	} else
 		write_unlock(&cd->hash_lock);