diff --git a/fs/nfs/proc.c b/fs/nfs/proc.c
index 97669ed05500c6277387f1b0323d53b6face4950..4f80d88e9fee005d69bd2d279ddeb5dc8bb4fd2f 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/proc.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/proc.c
@@ -211,6 +211,7 @@ nfs_proc_create(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, struct iattr *sattr,
 	nfs_fattr_init(&fattr);
 	dprintk("NFS call  create %s\n", dentry->d_name.name);
 	status = rpc_call_sync(NFS_CLIENT(dir), &msg, 0);
+	nfs_mark_for_revalidate(dir);
 	if (status == 0)
 		status = nfs_instantiate(dentry, &fhandle, &fattr);
 	dprintk("NFS reply create: %d\n", status);