diff -urNp ref/fs/nfs/dir.c 2.4.20pre5aa1/fs/nfs/dir.c
--- ref/fs/nfs/dir.c	Fri Aug 30 05:43:14 2002
+++ 2.4.20pre5aa1/fs/nfs/dir.c	Fri Aug 30 05:45:15 2002
@@ -456,16 +456,9 @@ static inline void nfs_renew_times(struc
 }
 
 static inline
-int nfs_lookup_verify_inode(struct inode *inode, int flags)
+int nfs_lookup_verify_inode(struct inode *inode)
 {
-	struct nfs_server *server = NFS_SERVER(inode);
-	/*
-	 * If we're interested in close-to-open cache consistency,
-	 * then we revalidate the inode upon lookup.
-	 */
-	if (!(server->flags & NFS_MOUNT_NOCTO) && !(flags & (LOOKUP_CONTINUE|LOOKUP_PARENT)))
-		NFS_CACHEINV(inode);
-	return nfs_revalidate_inode(server, inode);
+	return nfs_revalidate_inode(NFS_SERVER(inode), inode);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -519,7 +512,7 @@ static int nfs_lookup_revalidate(struct 
 
 	/* Force a full look up iff the parent directory has changed */
 	if (nfs_check_verifier(dir, dentry)) {
-		if (nfs_lookup_verify_inode(inode, flags))
+		if (nfs_lookup_verify_inode(inode))
 			goto out_bad;
 		goto out_valid;
 	}
diff -urNp ref/fs/nfs/inode.c 2.4.20pre5aa1/fs/nfs/inode.c
--- ref/fs/nfs/inode.c	Fri Aug 30 05:42:24 2002
+++ 2.4.20pre5aa1/fs/nfs/inode.c	Fri Aug 30 05:44:16 2002
@@ -860,15 +860,23 @@ int nfs_open(struct inode *inode, struct
 {
 	struct rpc_auth *auth;
 	struct rpc_cred *cred;
+	int err = 0;
 
 	lock_kernel();
+	/* Ensure that we revalidate the data cache */
+	if (NFS_SERVER(inode)->flags & NFS_MOUNT_NOCTO) {
+		err = __nfs_revalidate_inode(NFS_SERVER(inode),inode);
+		if (err)
+			goto out;
+	}
 	auth = NFS_CLIENT(inode)->cl_auth;
 	cred = rpcauth_lookupcred(auth, 0);
 	filp->private_data = cred;
 	if (filp->f_mode & FMODE_WRITE)
 		nfs_set_mmcred(inode, cred);
+out:
 	unlock_kernel();
-	return 0;
+	return err;
 }
 
 int nfs_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)