--- linux-2.4.28/fs/nfs/dir.c.orig	2004-08-07 19:26:06.000000000 -0400
+++ linux-2.4.28/fs/nfs/dir.c	2005-01-28 13:00:59.402239000 -0500
@@ -455,7 +455,11 @@ int nfs_lookup_verify_inode(struct inode
  */
 static inline int nfs_neg_need_reval(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
 {
-	if (!nfs_check_verifier(dir, dentry))
+	if (IS_ROOT(dentry))
+		return 1;
+	if (__nfs_revalidate_inode(NFS_SERVER(dir), dir))
+		return 1;
+	if (time_after(NFS_MTIME_UPDATE(dir), dentry->d_time))
 		return 1;
 	return time_after(jiffies, dentry->d_time + NFS_ATTRTIMEO(dir));
 }