diff --git a/net/sunrpc/cache.c b/net/sunrpc/cache.c
index f96345b1180e..12bb23b8e0c5 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/cache.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/cache.c
@@ -54,6 +54,11 @@ static void cache_init(struct cache_head *h, struct cache_detail *detail)
 	h->last_refresh = now;
 }
 
+static void cache_fresh_locked(struct cache_head *head, time_t expiry,
+				struct cache_detail *detail);
+static void cache_fresh_unlocked(struct cache_head *head,
+				struct cache_detail *detail);
+
 static struct cache_head *sunrpc_cache_find_rcu(struct cache_detail *detail,
 						struct cache_head *key,
 						int hash)
@@ -100,6 +105,7 @@ static struct cache_head *sunrpc_cache_add_entry(struct cache_detail *detail,
 			if (cache_is_expired(detail, tmp)) {
 				hlist_del_init_rcu(&tmp->cache_list);
 				detail->entries --;
+				cache_fresh_locked(tmp, 0, detail);
 				freeme = tmp;
 				break;
 			}
@@ -115,8 +121,10 @@ static struct cache_head *sunrpc_cache_add_entry(struct cache_detail *detail,
 	cache_get(new);
 	spin_unlock(&detail->hash_lock);
 
-	if (freeme)
+	if (freeme) {
+		cache_fresh_unlocked(freeme, detail);
 		cache_put(freeme, detail);
+	}
 	return new;
 }