diff --git a/fs/nfs/dir.c b/fs/nfs/dir.c
index cae74dd4c7f51f6bd674c5e61bad36c415cb4460..1d3d8922a66393fd1f9af82afe66154ec1fc22fb 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/dir.c
@@ -528,7 +528,7 @@ static int nfs_readdir(struct file *filp, void *dirent, filldir_t filldir)
 
 	lock_kernel();
 
-	res = nfs_revalidate_inode(NFS_SERVER(inode), inode);
+	res = nfs_revalidate_mapping(inode, filp->f_mapping);
 	if (res < 0) {
 		unlock_kernel();
 		return res;
diff --git a/fs/nfs/file.c b/fs/nfs/file.c
index fade02c15e6ef11a8575e6381b6f10445a1de375..63154070145af23d61414ade14f4964c4b37a676 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/file.c
@@ -126,23 +126,6 @@ nfs_file_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
 	return NFS_PROTO(inode)->file_release(inode, filp);
 }
 
-/**
- * nfs_revalidate_file - Revalidate the page cache & related metadata
- * @inode - pointer to inode struct
- * @file - pointer to file
- */
-static int nfs_revalidate_file(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
-{
-	struct nfs_inode *nfsi = NFS_I(inode);
-	int retval = 0;
-
-	if ((nfsi->cache_validity & (NFS_INO_REVAL_PAGECACHE|NFS_INO_INVALID_ATTR))
-			|| nfs_attribute_timeout(inode))
-		retval = __nfs_revalidate_inode(NFS_SERVER(inode), inode);
-	nfs_revalidate_mapping(inode, filp->f_mapping);
-	return 0;
-}
-
 /**
  * nfs_revalidate_size - Revalidate the file size
  * @inode - pointer to inode struct
@@ -228,7 +211,7 @@ nfs_file_read(struct kiocb *iocb, char __user * buf, size_t count, loff_t pos)
 		dentry->d_parent->d_name.name, dentry->d_name.name,
 		(unsigned long) count, (unsigned long) pos);
 
-	result = nfs_revalidate_file(inode, iocb->ki_filp);
+	result = nfs_revalidate_mapping(inode, iocb->ki_filp->f_mapping);
 	nfs_add_stats(inode, NFSIOS_NORMALREADBYTES, count);
 	if (!result)
 		result = generic_file_aio_read(iocb, buf, count, pos);
@@ -247,7 +230,7 @@ nfs_file_sendfile(struct file *filp, loff_t *ppos, size_t count,
 		dentry->d_parent->d_name.name, dentry->d_name.name,
 		(unsigned long) count, (unsigned long long) *ppos);
 
-	res = nfs_revalidate_file(inode, filp);
+	res = nfs_revalidate_mapping(inode, filp->f_mapping);
 	if (!res)
 		res = generic_file_sendfile(filp, ppos, count, actor, target);
 	return res;
@@ -263,7 +246,7 @@ nfs_file_mmap(struct file * file, struct vm_area_struct * vma)
 	dfprintk(VFS, "nfs: mmap(%s/%s)\n",
 		dentry->d_parent->d_name.name, dentry->d_name.name);
 
-	status = nfs_revalidate_file(inode, file);
+	status = nfs_revalidate_mapping(inode, file->f_mapping);
 	if (!status)
 		status = generic_file_mmap(file, vma);
 	return status;
@@ -373,7 +356,6 @@ nfs_file_write(struct kiocb *iocb, const char __user *buf, size_t count, loff_t
 		if (result)
 			goto out;
 	}
-	nfs_revalidate_mapping(inode, iocb->ki_filp->f_mapping);
 
 	result = count;
 	if (!count)
diff --git a/fs/nfs/inode.c b/fs/nfs/inode.c
index eddd0e982d2391195212cbe8ffb517a12ba4764b..69036ef39866079a84650588dd047f16cf505dad 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/inode.c
@@ -1220,7 +1220,7 @@ __nfs_revalidate_inode(struct nfs_server *server, struct inode *inode)
 		status = -ESTALE;
 		/* Do we trust the cached ESTALE? */
 		if (NFS_ATTRTIMEO(inode) != 0) {
-			if (nfsi->cache_validity & (NFS_INO_INVALID_ATTR|NFS_INO_INVALID_DATA|NFS_INO_INVALID_ATIME)) {
+			if (nfsi->cache_validity & (NFS_INO_INVALID_ATTR|NFS_INO_INVALID_ATIME)) {
 				/* no */
 			} else
 				goto out;
@@ -1251,8 +1251,6 @@ __nfs_revalidate_inode(struct nfs_server *server, struct inode *inode)
 	}
 	spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
 
-	nfs_revalidate_mapping(inode, inode->i_mapping);
-
 	if (nfsi->cache_validity & NFS_INO_INVALID_ACL)
 		nfs_zap_acl_cache(inode);
 
@@ -1287,7 +1285,7 @@ int nfs_attribute_timeout(struct inode *inode)
 int nfs_revalidate_inode(struct nfs_server *server, struct inode *inode)
 {
 	nfs_inc_stats(inode, NFSIOS_INODEREVALIDATE);
-	if (!(NFS_I(inode)->cache_validity & (NFS_INO_INVALID_ATTR|NFS_INO_INVALID_DATA))
+	if (!(NFS_I(inode)->cache_validity & NFS_INO_INVALID_ATTR)
 			&& !nfs_attribute_timeout(inode))
 		return NFS_STALE(inode) ? -ESTALE : 0;
 	return __nfs_revalidate_inode(server, inode);
@@ -1298,9 +1296,16 @@ int nfs_revalidate_inode(struct nfs_server *server, struct inode *inode)
  * @inode - pointer to host inode
  * @mapping - pointer to mapping
  */
-void nfs_revalidate_mapping(struct inode *inode, struct address_space *mapping)
+int nfs_revalidate_mapping(struct inode *inode, struct address_space *mapping)
 {
 	struct nfs_inode *nfsi = NFS_I(inode);
+	int ret = 0;
+
+	if (NFS_STALE(inode))
+		ret = -ESTALE;
+	if ((nfsi->cache_validity & NFS_INO_REVAL_PAGECACHE)
+			|| nfs_attribute_timeout(inode))
+		ret = __nfs_revalidate_inode(NFS_SERVER(inode), inode);
 
 	if (nfsi->cache_validity & NFS_INO_INVALID_DATA) {
 		nfs_inc_stats(inode, NFSIOS_DATAINVALIDATE);
@@ -1321,6 +1326,7 @@ void nfs_revalidate_mapping(struct inode *inode, struct address_space *mapping)
 				inode->i_sb->s_id,
 				(long long)NFS_FILEID(inode));
 	}
+	return ret;
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/fs/nfs/symlink.c b/fs/nfs/symlink.c
index 18dc95b0b64638695a9dfa9b6db1983875d9a757..636c479995bcdc35d9d3fb1437d1ff72fd124e92 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/symlink.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/symlink.c
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ static void *nfs_follow_link(struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd)
 {
 	struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode;
 	struct page *page;
-	void *err = ERR_PTR(nfs_revalidate_inode(NFS_SERVER(inode), inode));
+	void *err = ERR_PTR(nfs_revalidate_mapping(inode, inode->i_mapping));
 	if (err)
 		goto read_failed;
 	page = read_cache_page(&inode->i_data, 0,
diff --git a/include/linux/nfs_fs.h b/include/linux/nfs_fs.h
index 1d81e7d82970da5acd3f4a3686db10618deb3d68..1b524b9f982a0965e25d18bebd2bddb9727a5625 100644
--- a/include/linux/nfs_fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/nfs_fs.h
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ extern int nfs_release(struct inode *, struct file *);
 extern int nfs_attribute_timeout(struct inode *inode);
 extern int nfs_revalidate_inode(struct nfs_server *server, struct inode *inode);
 extern int __nfs_revalidate_inode(struct nfs_server *, struct inode *);
-extern void nfs_revalidate_mapping(struct inode *inode, struct address_space *mapping);
+extern int nfs_revalidate_mapping(struct inode *inode, struct address_space *mapping);
 extern int nfs_setattr(struct dentry *, struct iattr *);
 extern void nfs_setattr_update_inode(struct inode *inode, struct iattr *attr);
 extern void nfs_begin_attr_update(struct inode *);