}
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nfs_setattr_update_inode);
 
-static void nfs_request_parent_use_readdirplus(struct dentry *dentry)
+static void nfs_readdirplus_parent_cache_miss(struct dentry *dentry)
 {
        struct dentry *parent;
 
+       if (!nfs_server_capable(d_inode(dentry), NFS_CAP_READDIRPLUS))
+               return;
        parent = dget_parent(dentry);
        nfs_force_use_readdirplus(d_inode(parent));
        dput(parent);
 }
 
+static void nfs_readdirplus_parent_cache_hit(struct dentry *dentry)
+{
+       struct dentry *parent;
+
+       if (!nfs_server_capable(d_inode(dentry), NFS_CAP_READDIRPLUS))
+               return;
+       parent = dget_parent(dentry);
+       nfs_advise_use_readdirplus(d_inode(parent));
+       dput(parent);
+}
+
 static bool nfs_need_revalidate_inode(struct inode *inode)
 {
        if (NFS_I(inode)->cache_validity &
        if (need_atime || nfs_need_revalidate_inode(inode)) {
                struct nfs_server *server = NFS_SERVER(inode);
 
-               if (server->caps & NFS_CAP_READDIRPLUS)
-                       nfs_request_parent_use_readdirplus(dentry);
+               nfs_readdirplus_parent_cache_miss(dentry);
                err = __nfs_revalidate_inode(server, inode);
-       }
+       } else
+               nfs_readdirplus_parent_cache_hit(dentry);
        if (!err) {
                generic_fillattr(inode, stat);
                stat->ino = nfs_compat_user_ino64(NFS_FILEID(inode));
 
                           const struct nfs_client_initdata *);
 
 /* dir.c */
+extern void nfs_advise_use_readdirplus(struct inode *dir);
 extern void nfs_force_use_readdirplus(struct inode *dir);
 extern unsigned long nfs_access_cache_count(struct shrinker *shrink,
                                            struct shrink_control *sc);