diff --git a/fs/afs/dir.c b/fs/afs/dir.c
index 117df15e5367..9fbe5a5ec9bd 100644
--- a/fs/afs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/afs/dir.c
@@ -1419,6 +1419,7 @@ static int afs_mkdir(struct user_namespace *mnt_userns, struct inode *dir,
 
 	afs_op_set_vnode(op, 0, dvnode);
 	op->file[0].dv_delta = 1;
+	op->file[0].modification = true;
 	op->file[0].update_ctime = true;
 	op->dentry	= dentry;
 	op->create.mode	= S_IFDIR | mode;
@@ -1500,6 +1501,7 @@ static int afs_rmdir(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
 
 	afs_op_set_vnode(op, 0, dvnode);
 	op->file[0].dv_delta = 1;
+	op->file[0].modification = true;
 	op->file[0].update_ctime = true;
 
 	op->dentry	= dentry;
@@ -1636,6 +1638,7 @@ static int afs_unlink(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
 
 	afs_op_set_vnode(op, 0, dvnode);
 	op->file[0].dv_delta = 1;
+	op->file[0].modification = true;
 	op->file[0].update_ctime = true;
 
 	/* Try to make sure we have a callback promise on the victim. */
@@ -1718,6 +1721,7 @@ static int afs_create(struct user_namespace *mnt_userns, struct inode *dir,
 
 	afs_op_set_vnode(op, 0, dvnode);
 	op->file[0].dv_delta = 1;
+	op->file[0].modification = true;
 	op->file[0].update_ctime = true;
 
 	op->dentry	= dentry;
@@ -1792,6 +1796,7 @@ static int afs_link(struct dentry *from, struct inode *dir,
 	afs_op_set_vnode(op, 0, dvnode);
 	afs_op_set_vnode(op, 1, vnode);
 	op->file[0].dv_delta = 1;
+	op->file[0].modification = true;
 	op->file[0].update_ctime = true;
 	op->file[1].update_ctime = true;
 
@@ -1987,6 +1992,8 @@ static int afs_rename(struct user_namespace *mnt_userns, struct inode *old_dir,
 	afs_op_set_vnode(op, 1, new_dvnode); /* May be same as orig_dvnode */
 	op->file[0].dv_delta = 1;
 	op->file[1].dv_delta = 1;
+	op->file[0].modification = true;
+	op->file[1].modification = true;
 	op->file[0].update_ctime = true;
 	op->file[1].update_ctime = true;
 
diff --git a/fs/afs/dir_silly.c b/fs/afs/dir_silly.c
index 04f75a44f243..dae9a57d7ec0 100644
--- a/fs/afs/dir_silly.c
+++ b/fs/afs/dir_silly.c
@@ -73,6 +73,8 @@ static int afs_do_silly_rename(struct afs_vnode *dvnode, struct afs_vnode *vnode
 	afs_op_set_vnode(op, 1, dvnode);
 	op->file[0].dv_delta = 1;
 	op->file[1].dv_delta = 1;
+	op->file[0].modification = true;
+	op->file[1].modification = true;
 	op->file[0].update_ctime = true;
 	op->file[1].update_ctime = true;
 
@@ -201,6 +203,7 @@ static int afs_do_silly_unlink(struct afs_vnode *dvnode, struct afs_vnode *vnode
 	afs_op_set_vnode(op, 0, dvnode);
 	afs_op_set_vnode(op, 1, vnode);
 	op->file[0].dv_delta = 1;
+	op->file[0].modification = true;
 	op->file[0].update_ctime = true;
 	op->file[1].op_unlinked = true;
 	op->file[1].update_ctime = true;
diff --git a/fs/afs/fs_operation.c b/fs/afs/fs_operation.c
index 2cb0951acca6..d222dfbe976b 100644
--- a/fs/afs/fs_operation.c
+++ b/fs/afs/fs_operation.c
@@ -118,6 +118,8 @@ static void afs_prepare_vnode(struct afs_operation *op, struct afs_vnode_param *
 		vp->cb_break_before	= afs_calc_vnode_cb_break(vnode);
 		if (vnode->lock_state != AFS_VNODE_LOCK_NONE)
 			op->flags	|= AFS_OPERATION_CUR_ONLY;
+		if (vp->modification)
+			set_bit(AFS_VNODE_MODIFYING, &vnode->flags);
 	}
 
 	if (vp->fid.vnode)
@@ -225,6 +227,10 @@ int afs_put_operation(struct afs_operation *op)
 
 	if (op->ops && op->ops->put)
 		op->ops->put(op);
+	if (op->file[0].modification)
+		clear_bit(AFS_VNODE_MODIFYING, &op->file[0].vnode->flags);
+	if (op->file[1].modification && op->file[1].vnode != op->file[0].vnode)
+		clear_bit(AFS_VNODE_MODIFYING, &op->file[1].vnode->flags);
 	if (op->file[0].put_vnode)
 		iput(&op->file[0].vnode->vfs_inode);
 	if (op->file[1].put_vnode)
diff --git a/fs/afs/inode.c b/fs/afs/inode.c
index 3a129b9fd9b8..80b6c8d967d5 100644
--- a/fs/afs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/afs/inode.c
@@ -294,8 +294,9 @@ void afs_vnode_commit_status(struct afs_operation *op, struct afs_vnode_param *v
 			op->flags &= ~AFS_OPERATION_DIR_CONFLICT;
 		}
 	} else if (vp->scb.have_status) {
-		if (vp->dv_before + vp->dv_delta != vp->scb.status.data_version &&
-		    vp->speculative)
+		if (vp->speculative &&
+		    (test_bit(AFS_VNODE_MODIFYING, &vnode->flags) ||
+		     vp->dv_before != vnode->status.data_version))
 			/* Ignore the result of a speculative bulk status fetch
 			 * if it splits around a modification op, thereby
 			 * appearing to regress the data version.
@@ -911,6 +912,7 @@ int afs_setattr(struct user_namespace *mnt_userns, struct dentry *dentry,
 	}
 	op->ctime = attr->ia_ctime;
 	op->file[0].update_ctime = 1;
+	op->file[0].modification = true;
 
 	op->ops = &afs_setattr_operation;
 	ret = afs_do_sync_operation(op);
diff --git a/fs/afs/internal.h b/fs/afs/internal.h
index 52157a05796a..5ed416f4ff33 100644
--- a/fs/afs/internal.h
+++ b/fs/afs/internal.h
@@ -645,6 +645,7 @@ struct afs_vnode {
 #define AFS_VNODE_PSEUDODIR	7 		/* set if Vnode is a pseudo directory */
 #define AFS_VNODE_NEW_CONTENT	8		/* Set if file has new content (create/trunc-0) */
 #define AFS_VNODE_SILLY_DELETED	9		/* Set if file has been silly-deleted */
+#define AFS_VNODE_MODIFYING	10		/* Set if we're performing a modification op */
 
 	struct list_head	wb_keys;	/* List of keys available for writeback */
 	struct list_head	pending_locks;	/* locks waiting to be granted */
@@ -762,6 +763,7 @@ struct afs_vnode_param {
 	bool			set_size:1;	/* Must update i_size */
 	bool			op_unlinked:1;	/* True if file was unlinked by op */
 	bool			speculative:1;	/* T if speculative status fetch (no vnode lock) */
+	bool			modification:1;	/* Set if the content gets modified */
 };
 
 /*
diff --git a/fs/afs/write.c b/fs/afs/write.c
index dc66ff15dd16..3edb6204b937 100644
--- a/fs/afs/write.c
+++ b/fs/afs/write.c
@@ -377,6 +377,7 @@ static int afs_store_data(struct afs_vnode *vnode, struct iov_iter *iter, loff_t
 
 	afs_op_set_vnode(op, 0, vnode);
 	op->file[0].dv_delta = 1;
+	op->file[0].modification = true;
 	op->store.write_iter = iter;
 	op->store.pos = pos;
 	op->store.size = size;