diff --git a/fs/cifs/inode.c b/fs/cifs/inode.c
index 43944c6d7b415c..8d6ac6bec9e9b3 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/inode.c
@@ -1653,6 +1653,12 @@ int cifs_rename(struct inode *source_dir, struct dentry *source_dentry,
 				    target_dentry, toName);
 	}
 
+	/* force revalidate to go get info when needed */
+	CIFS_I(source_dir)->time = CIFS_I(target_dir)->time = 0;
+
+	source_dir->i_ctime = source_dir->i_mtime = target_dir->i_ctime =
+		target_dir->i_mtime = current_fs_time(source_dir->i_sb);
+
 cifs_rename_exit:
 	kfree(info_buf_source);
 	kfree(fromName);