--- linux-2.4.20/fs/nfs/inode.c.diff	2003-05-17 18:21:35.000000000 -0400
+++ linux-2.4.20/fs/nfs/inode.c	2003-05-19 11:22:05.000000000 -0400
@@ -1096,6 +1096,12 @@
 	NFS_READTIME(inode) = fattr->timestamp;
 
 	/*
+	 * If need be, update the last time the mtime was changed
+	 */
+	if (time_after(fattr->timestamp, NFS_MTIME_UPDATE(inode)))
+		NFS_MTIME_UPDATE(inode) = fattr->timestamp;
+
+	/*
 	 * Note: NFS_CACHE_ISIZE(inode) reflects the state of the cache.
 	 *       NOT inode->i_size!!!
 	 */
@@ -1142,8 +1148,6 @@
 	inode->i_atime = new_atime;
 
 	if (NFS_CACHE_MTIME(inode) != new_mtime) {
-		if (invalid)
-			NFS_MTIME_UPDATE(inode) = fattr->timestamp;
 		NFS_CACHE_MTIME(inode) = new_mtime;
 		inode->i_mtime = nfs_time_to_secs(new_mtime);
 	}