diff --git a/fs/nfs/dir.c b/fs/nfs/dir.c
index e093e73178b..48038e7adb1 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/dir.c
@@ -1435,6 +1435,7 @@ int nfs_atomic_open(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
 		switch (err) {
 		case -ENOENT:
 			d_add(dentry, NULL);
+			nfs_set_verifier(dentry, nfs_save_change_attribute(dir));
 			break;
 		case -EISDIR:
 		case -ENOTDIR: