diff --git a/fs/nfs/dir.c b/fs/nfs/dir.c
index 54a6893b0299..f1c99fe486c4 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/dir.c
@@ -2143,6 +2143,8 @@ int nfs_rename(struct inode *old_dir, struct dentry *old_dentry,
 		}
 	}
 
+	if (S_ISREG(old_inode->i_mode))
+		nfs_sync_inode(old_inode);
 	task = nfs_async_rename(old_dir, new_dir, old_dentry, new_dentry, NULL);
 	if (IS_ERR(task)) {
 		error = PTR_ERR(task);