diff --git a/include/linux/nfs_fs.h b/include/linux/nfs_fs.h
index 0197b1243fe0af5ec6d0bfc544312f469242b75d..35d61924e0b9f1fe5dbe4916d8eec740b798e3f8 100644
--- a/include/linux/nfs_fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/nfs_fs.h
@@ -235,10 +235,8 @@ static inline void nfs_mark_for_revalidate(struct inode *inode)
 
 	spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
 	nfsi->cache_validity |= NFS_INO_INVALID_ATTR|NFS_INO_INVALID_ACCESS;
-	if (S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode)) {
+	if (S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode))
 		nfsi->cache_validity |= NFS_INO_REVAL_PAGECACHE|NFS_INO_INVALID_DATA;
-		nfsi->cache_change_attribute = jiffies;
-	}
 	spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
 }