diff --git a/fs/nfs/dir.c b/fs/nfs/dir.c
index 06e8cfcbb670..6e62155abf26 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/dir.c
@@ -1527,6 +1527,7 @@ int nfs_atomic_open(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
 		case -ENOENT:
 			d_drop(dentry);
 			d_add(dentry, NULL);
+			nfs_set_verifier(dentry, nfs_save_change_attribute(dir));
 			break;
 		case -EISDIR:
 		case -ENOTDIR: