--- linux-2.4.29/fs/nfs/write.c.orig	2004-04-14 09:05:40.000000000 -0400
+++ linux-2.4.29/fs/nfs/write.c	2005-01-31 10:51:45.979056000 -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;
@@ -1223,6 +1226,9 @@ nfs_commit_done(struct rpc_task *task)
 		if (task->tk_status < 0) {
 			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;
--- linux-2.4.29/fs/nfs/inode.c.orig	2004-04-14 09:05:40.000000000 -0400
+++ linux-2.4.29/fs/nfs/inode.c	2005-01-31 11:02:13.492190000 -0500
@@ -907,11 +907,9 @@ __nfs_revalidate_inode(struct nfs_server
 	if (status) {
 		dfprintk(PAGECACHE, "nfs_revalidate_inode: (%x/%Ld) getattr failed, error=%d\n",
 			 inode->i_dev, (long long)NFS_FILEID(inode), status);
-		if (status == -ESTALE) {
+		if (status == -ESTALE) 
 			NFS_FLAGS(inode) |= NFS_INO_STALE;
-			if (inode != inode->i_sb->s_root->d_inode)
-				remove_inode_hash(inode);
-		}
+
 		goto out;
 	}