diff --git a/fs/nfs/inode.c b/fs/nfs/inode.c
index 3a2d127de499..299bf7171a4d 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/inode.c
@@ -1738,6 +1738,7 @@ static int nfs_update_inode(struct inode *inode, struct nfs_fattr *fattr)
 		nfs_inc_stats(inode, NFSIOS_ATTRINVALIDATE);
 		nfsi->attrtimeo = NFS_MINATTRTIMEO(inode);
 		nfsi->attrtimeo_timestamp = now;
+		/* Set barrier to be more recent than all outstanding updates */
 		nfsi->attr_gencount = nfs_inc_attr_generation_counter();
 	} else {
 		if (!time_in_range_open(now, nfsi->attrtimeo_timestamp, nfsi->attrtimeo_timestamp + nfsi->attrtimeo)) {
@@ -1745,6 +1746,9 @@ static int nfs_update_inode(struct inode *inode, struct nfs_fattr *fattr)
 				nfsi->attrtimeo = NFS_MAXATTRTIMEO(inode);
 			nfsi->attrtimeo_timestamp = now;
 		}
+		/* Set the barrier to be more recent than this fattr */
+		if ((long)fattr->gencount - (long)nfsi->attr_gencount > 0)
+			nfsi->attr_gencount = fattr->gencount;
 	}
 	invalid &= ~NFS_INO_INVALID_ATTR;
 	/* Don't invalidate the data if we were to blame */