diff --git a/fs/nfs/inode.c b/fs/nfs/inode.c
index 853213b3a2095..6ea1bde33cb62 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/inode.c
@@ -1777,8 +1777,10 @@ static int nfs_inode_finish_partial_attr_update(const struct nfs_fattr *fattr,
 		NFS_INO_INVALID_BLOCKS | NFS_INO_INVALID_OTHER |
 		NFS_INO_INVALID_NLINK;
 	unsigned long cache_validity = NFS_I(inode)->cache_validity;
+	enum nfs4_change_attr_type ctype = NFS_SERVER(inode)->change_attr_type;
 
-	if (!(cache_validity & NFS_INO_INVALID_CHANGE) &&
+	if (ctype != NFS4_CHANGE_TYPE_IS_UNDEFINED &&
+	    !(cache_validity & NFS_INO_INVALID_CHANGE) &&
 	    (cache_validity & check_valid) != 0 &&
 	    (fattr->valid & NFS_ATTR_FATTR_CHANGE) != 0 &&
 	    nfs_inode_attrs_cmp_monotonic(fattr, inode) == 0)
diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs3xdr.c b/fs/nfs/nfs3xdr.c
index e6eca1d7481b8..9274c9c5efea6 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs3xdr.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs3xdr.c
@@ -2227,7 +2227,7 @@ static int decode_fsinfo3resok(struct xdr_stream *xdr,
 
 	/* ignore properties */
 	result->lease_time = 0;
-	result->change_attr_type = NFS4_CHANGE_TYPE_IS_TIME_METADATA;
+	result->change_attr_type = NFS4_CHANGE_TYPE_IS_UNDEFINED;
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/nfs/proc.c b/fs/nfs/proc.c
index ea19dbf123014..ecc4e717808c4 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/proc.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/proc.c
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ nfs_proc_get_root(struct nfs_server *server, struct nfs_fh *fhandle,
 	info->dtpref = fsinfo.tsize;
 	info->maxfilesize = 0x7FFFFFFF;
 	info->lease_time = 0;
-	info->change_attr_type = NFS4_CHANGE_TYPE_IS_TIME_METADATA;
+	info->change_attr_type = NFS4_CHANGE_TYPE_IS_UNDEFINED;
 	return 0;
 }