diff --git a/fs/nfs/client.c b/fs/nfs/client.c
index 8d25ccb2d51d514a27a5098cfd13ad872cb46dc8..8f34fd8028fc730fc39fcfb9dd499c9dfe3d730e 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/client.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/client.c
@@ -809,6 +809,9 @@ static int nfs_init_server(struct nfs_server *server,
 	/* Initialise the client representation from the mount data */
 	server->flags = data->flags;
 	server->options = data->options;
+	server->caps |= NFS_CAP_HARDLINKS|NFS_CAP_SYMLINKS|NFS_CAP_FILEID|
+		NFS_CAP_MODE|NFS_CAP_NLINK|NFS_CAP_OWNER|NFS_CAP_OWNER_GROUP|
+		NFS_CAP_ATIME|NFS_CAP_CTIME|NFS_CAP_MTIME;
 
 	if (data->rsize)
 		server->rsize = nfs_block_size(data->rsize, NULL);
@@ -1274,7 +1277,7 @@ static int nfs4_init_server(struct nfs_server *server,
 
 	/* Initialise the client representation from the mount data */
 	server->flags = data->flags;
-	server->caps |= NFS_CAP_ATOMIC_OPEN;
+	server->caps |= NFS_CAP_ATOMIC_OPEN|NFS_CAP_CHANGE_ATTR;
 	server->options = data->options;
 
 	/* Get a client record */
@@ -1400,7 +1403,7 @@ struct nfs_server *nfs4_create_referral_server(struct nfs_clone_mount *data,
 
 	/* Initialise the client representation from the parent server */
 	nfs_server_copy_userdata(server, parent_server);
-	server->caps |= NFS_CAP_ATOMIC_OPEN;
+	server->caps |= NFS_CAP_ATOMIC_OPEN|NFS_CAP_CHANGE_ATTR;
 
 	/* Get a client representation.
 	 * Note: NFSv4 always uses TCP, */
diff --git a/fs/nfs/inode.c b/fs/nfs/inode.c
index bd7938eda6a8258a6e3ced41f495b78ab57afb3d..fe5a8b45d867d1ec8dcc6388d83463d63ac700b2 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/inode.c
@@ -286,6 +286,11 @@ nfs_fhget(struct super_block *sb, struct nfs_fh *fh, struct nfs_fattr *fattr)
 		/* We can't support update_atime(), since the server will reset it */
 		inode->i_flags |= S_NOATIME|S_NOCMTIME;
 		inode->i_mode = fattr->mode;
+		if ((fattr->valid & NFS_ATTR_FATTR_MODE) == 0
+				&& nfs_server_capable(inode, NFS_CAP_MODE))
+			nfsi->cache_validity |= NFS_INO_INVALID_ATTR
+				| NFS_INO_INVALID_ACCESS
+				| NFS_INO_INVALID_ACL;
 		/* Why so? Because we want revalidate for devices/FIFOs, and
 		 * that's precisely what we have in nfs_file_inode_operations.
 		 */
@@ -330,20 +335,46 @@ nfs_fhget(struct super_block *sb, struct nfs_fh *fh, struct nfs_fattr *fattr)
 		nfsi->attr_gencount = fattr->gencount;
 		if (fattr->valid & NFS_ATTR_FATTR_ATIME)
 			inode->i_atime = fattr->atime;
+		else if (nfs_server_capable(inode, NFS_CAP_ATIME))
+			nfsi->cache_validity |= NFS_INO_INVALID_ATTR;
 		if (fattr->valid & NFS_ATTR_FATTR_MTIME)
 			inode->i_mtime = fattr->mtime;
+		else if (nfs_server_capable(inode, NFS_CAP_MTIME))
+			nfsi->cache_validity |= NFS_INO_INVALID_ATTR
+				| NFS_INO_INVALID_DATA;
 		if (fattr->valid & NFS_ATTR_FATTR_CTIME)
 			inode->i_ctime = fattr->ctime;
+		else if (nfs_server_capable(inode, NFS_CAP_CTIME))
+			nfsi->cache_validity |= NFS_INO_INVALID_ATTR
+				| NFS_INO_INVALID_ACCESS
+				| NFS_INO_INVALID_ACL;
 		if (fattr->valid & NFS_ATTR_FATTR_CHANGE)
 			nfsi->change_attr = fattr->change_attr;
+		else if (nfs_server_capable(inode, NFS_CAP_CHANGE_ATTR))
+			nfsi->cache_validity |= NFS_INO_INVALID_ATTR
+				| NFS_INO_INVALID_DATA;
 		if (fattr->valid & NFS_ATTR_FATTR_SIZE)
 			inode->i_size = nfs_size_to_loff_t(fattr->size);
+		else
+			nfsi->cache_validity |= NFS_INO_INVALID_ATTR
+				| NFS_INO_INVALID_DATA
+				| NFS_INO_REVAL_PAGECACHE;
 		if (fattr->valid & NFS_ATTR_FATTR_NLINK)
 			inode->i_nlink = fattr->nlink;
+		else if (nfs_server_capable(inode, NFS_CAP_NLINK))
+			nfsi->cache_validity |= NFS_INO_INVALID_ATTR;
 		if (fattr->valid & NFS_ATTR_FATTR_OWNER)
 			inode->i_uid = fattr->uid;
+		else if (nfs_server_capable(inode, NFS_CAP_OWNER))
+			nfsi->cache_validity |= NFS_INO_INVALID_ATTR
+				| NFS_INO_INVALID_ACCESS
+				| NFS_INO_INVALID_ACL;
 		if (fattr->valid & NFS_ATTR_FATTR_GROUP)
 			inode->i_gid = fattr->gid;
+		else if (nfs_server_capable(inode, NFS_CAP_OWNER_GROUP))
+			nfsi->cache_validity |= NFS_INO_INVALID_ATTR
+				| NFS_INO_INVALID_ACCESS
+				| NFS_INO_INVALID_ACL;
 		if (fattr->valid & NFS_ATTR_FATTR_BLOCKS_USED)
 			inode->i_blocks = fattr->du.nfs2.blocks;
 		if (fattr->valid & NFS_ATTR_FATTR_SPACE_USED) {
@@ -1145,6 +1176,7 @@ static int nfs_update_inode(struct inode *inode, struct nfs_fattr *fattr)
 	loff_t cur_isize, new_isize;
 	unsigned long invalid = 0;
 	unsigned long now = jiffies;
+	unsigned long save_cache_validity;
 
 	dfprintk(VFS, "NFS: %s(%s/%ld ct=%d info=0x%x)\n",
 			__func__, inode->i_sb->s_id, inode->i_ino,
@@ -1171,10 +1203,11 @@ static int nfs_update_inode(struct inode *inode, struct nfs_fattr *fattr)
 	 */
 	nfsi->read_cache_jiffies = fattr->time_start;
 
-	if ((fattr->valid & NFS_ATTR_FATTR_CHANGE) || (fattr->valid & (NFS_ATTR_FATTR_MTIME|NFS_ATTR_FATTR_CTIME)))
-	    nfsi->cache_validity &= ~(NFS_INO_INVALID_ATTR
-		    | NFS_INO_INVALID_ATIME
-		    | NFS_INO_REVAL_PAGECACHE);
+	save_cache_validity = nfsi->cache_validity;
+	nfsi->cache_validity &= ~(NFS_INO_INVALID_ATTR
+			| NFS_INO_INVALID_ATIME
+			| NFS_INO_REVAL_FORCED
+			| NFS_INO_REVAL_PAGECACHE);
 
 	/* Do atomic weak cache consistency updates */
 	nfs_wcc_update_inode(inode, fattr);
@@ -1189,7 +1222,8 @@ static int nfs_update_inode(struct inode *inode, struct nfs_fattr *fattr)
 				nfs_force_lookup_revalidate(inode);
 			nfsi->change_attr = fattr->change_attr;
 		}
-	}
+	} else if (server->caps & NFS_CAP_CHANGE_ATTR)
+		invalid |= save_cache_validity;
 
 	if (fattr->valid & NFS_ATTR_FATTR_MTIME) {
 		/* NFSv2/v3: Check if the mtime agrees */
@@ -1201,7 +1235,12 @@ static int nfs_update_inode(struct inode *inode, struct nfs_fattr *fattr)
 				nfs_force_lookup_revalidate(inode);
 			memcpy(&inode->i_mtime, &fattr->mtime, sizeof(inode->i_mtime));
 		}
-	}
+	} else if (server->caps & NFS_CAP_MTIME)
+		invalid |= save_cache_validity & (NFS_INO_INVALID_ATTR
+				| NFS_INO_INVALID_DATA
+				| NFS_INO_REVAL_PAGECACHE
+				| NFS_INO_REVAL_FORCED);
+
 	if (fattr->valid & NFS_ATTR_FATTR_CTIME) {
 		/* If ctime has changed we should definitely clear access+acl caches */
 		if (!timespec_equal(&inode->i_ctime, &fattr->ctime)) {
@@ -1215,7 +1254,11 @@ static int nfs_update_inode(struct inode *inode, struct nfs_fattr *fattr)
 			}
 			memcpy(&inode->i_ctime, &fattr->ctime, sizeof(inode->i_ctime));
 		}
-	}
+	} else if (server->caps & NFS_CAP_CTIME)
+		invalid |= save_cache_validity & (NFS_INO_INVALID_ATTR
+				| NFS_INO_INVALID_ACCESS
+				| NFS_INO_INVALID_ACL
+				| NFS_INO_REVAL_FORCED);
 
 	/* Check if our cached file size is stale */
 	if (fattr->valid & NFS_ATTR_FATTR_SIZE) {
@@ -1231,30 +1274,50 @@ static int nfs_update_inode(struct inode *inode, struct nfs_fattr *fattr)
 			dprintk("NFS: isize change on server for file %s/%ld\n",
 					inode->i_sb->s_id, inode->i_ino);
 		}
-	}
+	} else
+		invalid |= save_cache_validity & (NFS_INO_INVALID_ATTR
+				| NFS_INO_REVAL_PAGECACHE
+				| NFS_INO_REVAL_FORCED);
 
 
 	if (fattr->valid & NFS_ATTR_FATTR_ATIME)
 		memcpy(&inode->i_atime, &fattr->atime, sizeof(inode->i_atime));
+	else if (server->caps & NFS_CAP_ATIME)
+		invalid |= save_cache_validity & (NFS_INO_INVALID_ATIME
+				| NFS_INO_REVAL_FORCED);
 
 	if (fattr->valid & NFS_ATTR_FATTR_MODE) {
 		if ((inode->i_mode & S_IALLUGO) != (fattr->mode & S_IALLUGO)) {
 			invalid |= NFS_INO_INVALID_ATTR|NFS_INO_INVALID_ACCESS|NFS_INO_INVALID_ACL;
 			inode->i_mode = fattr->mode;
 		}
-	}
+	} else if (server->caps & NFS_CAP_MODE)
+		invalid |= save_cache_validity & (NFS_INO_INVALID_ATTR
+				| NFS_INO_INVALID_ACCESS
+				| NFS_INO_INVALID_ACL
+				| NFS_INO_REVAL_FORCED);
+
 	if (fattr->valid & NFS_ATTR_FATTR_OWNER) {
 		if (inode->i_uid != fattr->uid) {
 			invalid |= NFS_INO_INVALID_ATTR|NFS_INO_INVALID_ACCESS|NFS_INO_INVALID_ACL;
 			inode->i_uid = fattr->uid;
 		}
-	}
+	} else if (server->caps & NFS_CAP_OWNER)
+		invalid |= save_cache_validity & (NFS_INO_INVALID_ATTR
+				| NFS_INO_INVALID_ACCESS
+				| NFS_INO_INVALID_ACL
+				| NFS_INO_REVAL_FORCED);
+
 	if (fattr->valid & NFS_ATTR_FATTR_GROUP) {
 		if (inode->i_gid != fattr->gid) {
 			invalid |= NFS_INO_INVALID_ATTR|NFS_INO_INVALID_ACCESS|NFS_INO_INVALID_ACL;
 			inode->i_gid = fattr->gid;
 		}
-	}
+	} else if (server->caps & NFS_CAP_OWNER_GROUP)
+		invalid |= save_cache_validity & (NFS_INO_INVALID_ATTR
+				| NFS_INO_INVALID_ACCESS
+				| NFS_INO_INVALID_ACL
+				| NFS_INO_REVAL_FORCED);
 
 	if (fattr->valid & NFS_ATTR_FATTR_NLINK) {
 		if (inode->i_nlink != fattr->nlink) {
@@ -1263,7 +1326,9 @@ static int nfs_update_inode(struct inode *inode, struct nfs_fattr *fattr)
 				invalid |= NFS_INO_INVALID_DATA;
 			inode->i_nlink = fattr->nlink;
 		}
-	}
+	} else if (server->caps & NFS_CAP_NLINK)
+		invalid |= save_cache_validity & (NFS_INO_INVALID_ATTR
+				| NFS_INO_REVAL_FORCED);
 
 	if (fattr->valid & NFS_ATTR_FATTR_SPACE_USED) {
 		/*
@@ -1293,9 +1358,8 @@ static int nfs_update_inode(struct inode *inode, struct nfs_fattr *fattr)
 				|| S_ISLNK(inode->i_mode)))
 		invalid &= ~NFS_INO_INVALID_DATA;
 	if (!nfs_have_delegation(inode, FMODE_READ) ||
-			(nfsi->cache_validity & NFS_INO_REVAL_FORCED))
+			(save_cache_validity & NFS_INO_REVAL_FORCED))
 		nfsi->cache_validity |= invalid;
-	nfsi->cache_validity &= ~NFS_INO_REVAL_FORCED;
 
 	return 0;
  out_changed:
diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
index d95f7f9e60c44c725816b8ee189b8d3cf4c89e3a..be6544aef41ff0cfdfe6d41791811cd871beb451 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
@@ -2003,12 +2003,34 @@ static int _nfs4_server_capabilities(struct nfs_server *server, struct nfs_fh *f
 	status = nfs4_call_sync(server, &msg, &args, &res, 0);
 	if (status == 0) {
 		memcpy(server->attr_bitmask, res.attr_bitmask, sizeof(server->attr_bitmask));
+		server->caps &= ~(NFS_CAP_ACLS|NFS_CAP_HARDLINKS|
+				NFS_CAP_SYMLINKS|NFS_CAP_FILEID|
+				NFS_CAP_MODE|NFS_CAP_NLINK|NFS_CAP_OWNER|
+				NFS_CAP_OWNER_GROUP|NFS_CAP_ATIME|
+				NFS_CAP_CTIME|NFS_CAP_MTIME);
 		if (res.attr_bitmask[0] & FATTR4_WORD0_ACL)
 			server->caps |= NFS_CAP_ACLS;
 		if (res.has_links != 0)
 			server->caps |= NFS_CAP_HARDLINKS;
 		if (res.has_symlinks != 0)
 			server->caps |= NFS_CAP_SYMLINKS;
+		if (res.attr_bitmask[0] & FATTR4_WORD0_FILEID)
+			server->caps |= NFS_CAP_FILEID;
+		if (res.attr_bitmask[1] & FATTR4_WORD1_MODE)
+			server->caps |= NFS_CAP_MODE;
+		if (res.attr_bitmask[1] & FATTR4_WORD1_NUMLINKS)
+			server->caps |= NFS_CAP_NLINK;
+		if (res.attr_bitmask[1] & FATTR4_WORD1_OWNER)
+			server->caps |= NFS_CAP_OWNER;
+		if (res.attr_bitmask[1] & FATTR4_WORD1_OWNER_GROUP)
+			server->caps |= NFS_CAP_OWNER_GROUP;
+		if (res.attr_bitmask[1] & FATTR4_WORD1_TIME_ACCESS)
+			server->caps |= NFS_CAP_ATIME;
+		if (res.attr_bitmask[1] & FATTR4_WORD1_TIME_METADATA)
+			server->caps |= NFS_CAP_CTIME;
+		if (res.attr_bitmask[1] & FATTR4_WORD1_TIME_MODIFY)
+			server->caps |= NFS_CAP_MTIME;
+
 		memcpy(server->cache_consistency_bitmask, res.attr_bitmask, sizeof(server->cache_consistency_bitmask));
 		server->cache_consistency_bitmask[0] &= FATTR4_WORD0_CHANGE|FATTR4_WORD0_SIZE;
 		server->cache_consistency_bitmask[1] &= FATTR4_WORD1_TIME_METADATA|FATTR4_WORD1_TIME_MODIFY;
diff --git a/include/linux/nfs_fs_sb.h b/include/linux/nfs_fs_sb.h
index 19fe15d120429c25b0f36d3abdb9e3d359114f83..320569eabe3bcc88dea530ac8634d59223a80409 100644
--- a/include/linux/nfs_fs_sb.h
+++ b/include/linux/nfs_fs_sb.h
@@ -167,6 +167,15 @@ struct nfs_server {
 #define NFS_CAP_SYMLINKS	(1U << 2)
 #define NFS_CAP_ACLS		(1U << 3)
 #define NFS_CAP_ATOMIC_OPEN	(1U << 4)
+#define NFS_CAP_CHANGE_ATTR	(1U << 5)
+#define NFS_CAP_FILEID		(1U << 6)
+#define NFS_CAP_MODE		(1U << 7)
+#define NFS_CAP_NLINK		(1U << 8)
+#define NFS_CAP_OWNER		(1U << 9)
+#define NFS_CAP_OWNER_GROUP	(1U << 10)
+#define NFS_CAP_ATIME		(1U << 11)
+#define NFS_CAP_CTIME		(1U << 12)
+#define NFS_CAP_MTIME		(1U << 13)
 
 
 /* maximum number of slots to use */