diff --git a/fs/gfs2/glops.c b/fs/gfs2/glops.c
index aad45b7a927dfd4347543830d505fd496ed24a31..9c2033714b08132c20a7223913e276b8b01ab067 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/glops.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/glops.c
@@ -305,8 +305,9 @@ static void inode_go_inval(struct gfs2_glock *gl, int flags)
 	int data = (flags & DIO_DATA);
 
 	if (meta) {
+		struct gfs2_inode *ip = gl->gl_object;
 		gfs2_meta_inval(gl);
-		gl->gl_vn++;
+		set_bit(GIF_INVALID, &ip->i_flags);
 	}
 	if (data)
 		gfs2_page_inval(gl);
@@ -351,7 +352,7 @@ static int inode_go_lock(struct gfs2_holder *gh)
 	if (!ip)
 		return 0;
 
-	if (ip->i_vn != gl->gl_vn) {
+	if (test_bit(GIF_INVALID, &ip->i_flags)) {
 		error = gfs2_inode_refresh(ip);
 		if (error)
 			return error;
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/incore.h b/fs/gfs2/incore.h
index c0a8c3b6a8523308220703ddf5bdcd5b87befb66..227a74dc5ec08cbdab1fe5590a91b79143ef91fb 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/incore.h
+++ b/fs/gfs2/incore.h
@@ -217,6 +217,7 @@ struct gfs2_alloc {
 };
 
 enum {
+	GIF_INVALID		= 0,
 	GIF_QD_LOCKED		= 1,
 	GIF_PAGED		= 2,
 	GIF_SW_PAGED		= 3,
@@ -228,7 +229,6 @@ struct gfs2_inode {
 
 	unsigned long i_flags;		/* GIF_... */
 
-	u64 i_vn;
 	struct gfs2_dinode_host i_di; /* To be replaced by ref to block */
 
 	struct gfs2_glock *i_gl; /* Move into i_gh? */
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/inode.c b/fs/gfs2/inode.c
index f6177fc683200d6faa959ba7789ab266591d683e..e467780837e6333769ea3e2f74a56a1cf764c032 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/inode.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/inode.c
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ struct inode *gfs2_inode_lookup(struct super_block *sb, struct gfs2_inum_host *i
 		if (unlikely(error))
 			goto fail_put;
 
-		ip->i_vn = ip->i_gl->gl_vn - 1;
+		set_bit(GIF_INVALID, &ip->i_flags);
 		error = gfs2_glock_nq_init(io_gl, LM_ST_SHARED, GL_EXACT, &ip->i_iopen_gh);
 		if (unlikely(error))
 			goto fail_iopen;
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ int gfs2_inode_refresh(struct gfs2_inode *ip)
 
 	error = gfs2_dinode_in(ip, dibh->b_data);
 	brelse(dibh);
-	ip->i_vn = ip->i_gl->gl_vn;
+	clear_bit(GIF_INVALID, &ip->i_flags);
 
 	return error;
 }
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/ops_inode.c b/fs/gfs2/ops_inode.c
index 0e4eade47bf2be7c6e7d0c1321872db3632a8bc5..b247f25effbf75db48d8114b7265a97801ffcab9 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/ops_inode.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/ops_inode.c
@@ -844,7 +844,7 @@ static int gfs2_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask, struct nameidata *nd)
 	struct gfs2_holder i_gh;
 	int error;
 
-	if (ip->i_vn == ip->i_gl->gl_vn)
+	if (!test_bit(GIF_INVALID, &ip->i_flags))
 		return generic_permission(inode, mask, gfs2_check_acl);
 
 	error = gfs2_glock_nq_init(ip->i_gl, LM_ST_SHARED, LM_FLAG_ANY, &i_gh);