diff --git a/fs/nfs/dir.c b/fs/nfs/dir.c
index 27b5a1051b1c91d70bae33ba259a766903b44e16..b34cd16f472fef71c798c0470f98cbb33f6ea10c 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/dir.c
@@ -936,8 +936,14 @@ static struct dentry *nfs_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry * dentry, stru
 no_entry:
 	res = d_materialise_unique(dentry, inode);
 	if (res != NULL) {
+		struct dentry *parent;
 		if (IS_ERR(res))
 			goto out_unlock;
+		/* Was a directory renamed! */
+		parent = dget_parent(res);
+		if (!IS_ROOT(parent))
+			nfs_mark_for_revalidate(parent->d_inode);
+		dput(parent);
 		dentry = res;
 	}
 	nfs_renew_times(dentry);