diff --git a/fs/afs/inode.c b/fs/afs/inode.c
index 2fe402483ad5..30b066299d39 100644
--- a/fs/afs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/afs/inode.c
@@ -740,10 +740,22 @@ int afs_getattr(struct user_namespace *mnt_userns, const struct path *path,
 {
 	struct inode *inode = d_inode(path->dentry);
 	struct afs_vnode *vnode = AFS_FS_I(inode);
-	int seq = 0;
+	struct key *key;
+	int ret, seq = 0;
 
 	_enter("{ ino=%lu v=%u }", inode->i_ino, inode->i_generation);
 
+	if (!(query_flags & AT_STATX_DONT_SYNC) &&
+	    !test_bit(AFS_VNODE_CB_PROMISED, &vnode->flags)) {
+		key = afs_request_key(vnode->volume->cell);
+		if (IS_ERR(key))
+			return PTR_ERR(key);
+		ret = afs_validate(vnode, key);
+		key_put(key);
+		if (ret < 0)
+			return ret;
+	}
+
 	do {
 		read_seqbegin_or_lock(&vnode->cb_lock, &seq);
 		generic_fillattr(&init_user_ns, inode, stat);