diff --git a/fs/nfs/inode.c b/fs/nfs/inode.c
index 6ea1bde33cb6..f9d3ad3acf11 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/inode.c
@@ -210,10 +210,15 @@ void nfs_set_cache_invalid(struct inode *inode, unsigned long flags)
 		flags &= ~NFS_INO_INVALID_XATTR;
 	if (flags & NFS_INO_INVALID_DATA)
 		nfs_fscache_invalidate(inode);
-	if (inode->i_mapping->nrpages == 0)
-		flags &= ~(NFS_INO_INVALID_DATA|NFS_INO_DATA_INVAL_DEFER);
 	flags &= ~(NFS_INO_REVAL_PAGECACHE | NFS_INO_REVAL_FORCED);
+
 	nfsi->cache_validity |= flags;
+
+	if (inode->i_mapping->nrpages == 0)
+		nfsi->cache_validity &= ~(NFS_INO_INVALID_DATA |
+					  NFS_INO_DATA_INVAL_DEFER);
+	else if (nfsi->cache_validity & NFS_INO_INVALID_DATA)
+		nfsi->cache_validity &= ~NFS_INO_DATA_INVAL_DEFER;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nfs_set_cache_invalid);