diff --git a/fs/nfs/delegation.c b/fs/nfs/delegation.c
index dff600ae0d7477333a3e41749cffe58ad77c7e3a..d7df5e67b0c1560ff3ea93cccd6a4b21e066cd88 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/delegation.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/delegation.c
@@ -391,10 +391,6 @@ int nfs_inode_set_delegation(struct inode *inode, struct rpc_cred *cred, struct
 	rcu_assign_pointer(nfsi->delegation, delegation);
 	delegation = NULL;
 
-	/* Ensure we revalidate the attributes and page cache! */
-	spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
-	nfsi->cache_validity |= NFS_INO_REVAL_FORCED;
-	spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
 	trace_nfs4_set_delegation(inode, res->delegation_type);
 
 out:
diff --git a/fs/nfs/inode.c b/fs/nfs/inode.c
index bf4ec5ecc97e4571e3f971222c71f0519874682a..3575e3408bd7dc58cbb97a34b31a0ea25fcab907 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/inode.c
@@ -1317,7 +1317,7 @@ static int nfs_check_inode_attributes(struct inode *inode, struct nfs_fattr *fat
 		invalid |= NFS_INO_INVALID_ATIME;
 
 	if (invalid != 0)
-		nfs_set_cache_invalid(inode, invalid);
+		nfs_set_cache_invalid(inode, invalid | NFS_INO_REVAL_FORCED);
 
 	nfsi->read_cache_jiffies = fattr->time_start;
 	return 0;