diff --git a/fs/afs/dir.c b/fs/afs/dir.c
index 1bb5b9d7f0a2c4067b4404047106106b674d366e..9068d5578a26f9a6c1fe51a37599af0ff9c08e66 100644
--- a/fs/afs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/afs/dir.c
@@ -823,6 +823,7 @@ static struct inode *afs_do_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
 				vp->cb_break_before = afs_calc_vnode_cb_break(vnode);
 				vp->vnode = vnode;
 				vp->put_vnode = true;
+				vp->speculative = true; /* vnode not locked */
 			}
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/fs/afs/inode.c b/fs/afs/inode.c
index 0fe8844b4bee2f942ba64925fb14f09738ba425b..b0d7b892090da8ae5cb771fd57b52b994aa98dc4 100644
--- a/fs/afs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/afs/inode.c
@@ -294,6 +294,13 @@ void afs_vnode_commit_status(struct afs_operation *op, struct afs_vnode_param *v
 			op->flags &= ~AFS_OPERATION_DIR_CONFLICT;
 		}
 	} else if (vp->scb.have_status) {
+		if (vp->dv_before + vp->dv_delta != vp->scb.status.data_version &&
+		    vp->speculative)
+			/* Ignore the result of a speculative bulk status fetch
+			 * if it splits around a modification op, thereby
+			 * appearing to regress the data version.
+			 */
+			goto out;
 		afs_apply_status(op, vp);
 		if (vp->scb.have_cb)
 			afs_apply_callback(op, vp);
@@ -305,6 +312,7 @@ void afs_vnode_commit_status(struct afs_operation *op, struct afs_vnode_param *v
 		}
 	}
 
+out:
 	write_sequnlock(&vnode->cb_lock);
 
 	if (vp->scb.have_status)
diff --git a/fs/afs/internal.h b/fs/afs/internal.h
index 14d5d75f4b6ed84156665986e69833123575f96e..0d150a29e39ec173aecc1b278121d58c55c76e9f 100644
--- a/fs/afs/internal.h
+++ b/fs/afs/internal.h
@@ -755,6 +755,7 @@ struct afs_vnode_param {
 	bool			update_ctime:1;	/* Need to update the ctime */
 	bool			set_size:1;	/* Must update i_size */
 	bool			op_unlinked:1;	/* True if file was unlinked by op */
+	bool			speculative:1;	/* T if speculative status fetch (no vnode lock) */
 };
 
 /*