--- linux-2.4.28/fs/nfs/write.c.orig	2004-04-14 09:05:40.000000000 -0400
+++ linux-2.4.28/fs/nfs/write.c	2004-12-13 14:23:55.000000000 -0500
@@ -1073,6 +1073,9 @@ nfs_writeback_done(struct rpc_task *task
 			SetPageError(page);
 			if (req->wb_file)
 				req->wb_file->f_error = task->tk_status;
+			if (task->tk_status == -ESTALE)
+				NFS_FLAGS(inode) |= NFS_INO_STALE;
+
 			nfs_inode_remove_request(req);
 			dprintk(", error = %d\n", task->tk_status);
 			goto next;