diff --git a/fs/nfs/inode.c b/fs/nfs/inode.c
index aaab1a5ac461..b551b19aa6e7 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/inode.c
@@ -2066,6 +2066,7 @@ static struct inode *nfs_alloc_inode(struct super_block *sb)
 		return NULL;
 	nfsi->flags = 0UL;
 	nfsi->cache_validity = 0UL;
+	nfsi->cache_change_attribute = jiffies;
 #ifdef CONFIG_NFS_V3_ACL
 	nfsi->acl_access = ERR_PTR(-EAGAIN);
 	nfsi->acl_default = ERR_PTR(-EAGAIN);