diff -Nru linux-2.6.36-rc3-orig/fs/nfs/super.c linux-2.6.36-rc3-new/fs/nfs/super.c
--- linux-2.6.36-rc3-orig/fs/nfs/super.c	2010-08-29 17:36:04.000000000 +0200
+++ linux-2.6.36-rc3-new/fs/nfs/super.c	2010-09-08 11:33:03.078684569 +0200
@@ -431,7 +431,15 @@
 		goto out_err;
 
 	error = server->nfs_client->rpc_ops->statfs(server, fh, &res);
+	if (unlikely(error == -ESTALE)) {
 
+		struct dentry *pd_dentry;
+
+		if ((pd_dentry = dget_parent(dentry)) != NULL) {
+			nfs_zap_caches(pd_dentry->d_inode);
+			dput(pd_dentry);
+		}
+	}
 	nfs_free_fattr(res.fattr);
 	if (error < 0)
 		goto out_err;