diff --git a/fs/nfs/dir.c b/fs/nfs/dir.c
index a642ed3b13d900dd256bac219ea64210d506a47b..927fd2768eadeeb4ce57ab7438e802e640cac9ea 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/dir.c
@@ -2057,7 +2057,7 @@ int nfs_rename(struct inode *old_dir, struct dentry *old_dentry,
 		 * should mark the directories for revalidation.
 		 */
 		d_move(old_dentry, new_dentry);
-		nfs_set_verifier(new_dentry,
+		nfs_set_verifier(old_dentry,
 					nfs_save_change_attribute(new_dir));
 	} else if (error == -ENOENT)
 		nfs_dentry_handle_enoent(old_dentry);