diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
index 1e797bf74aaf8cdb7df39977e39adf53e5fedaba..6a35204affa47bb796d368c0a21c4e2b443f17ba 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
@@ -4125,7 +4125,8 @@ static int nfs4_proc_unlink_done(struct rpc_task *task, struct inode *dir)
 	if (nfs4_async_handle_error(task, res->server, NULL,
 				    &data->timeout) == -EAGAIN)
 		return 0;
-	update_changeattr(dir, &res->cinfo);
+	if (task->tk_status == 0)
+		update_changeattr(dir, &res->cinfo);
 	return 1;
 }