loff_t cur_isize, new_isize;
        unsigned int    invalid = 0;
        unsigned long now = jiffies;
-       int data_stable;
 
        dfprintk(VFS, "NFS: %s(%s/%ld ct=%d info=0x%x)\n",
                        __FUNCTION__, inode->i_sb->s_id, inode->i_ino,
        nfsi->read_cache_jiffies = fattr->time_start;
        nfsi->last_updated = now;
 
-       /* Are we racing with known updates of the metadata on the server? */
-       data_stable = nfs_verify_change_attribute(inode, fattr->time_start);
        nfsi->cache_validity &= ~(NFS_INO_INVALID_ATTR | NFS_INO_INVALID_ATIME
                        | NFS_INO_REVAL_PAGECACHE);
 
        new_isize = nfs_size_to_loff_t(fattr->size);
        cur_isize = i_size_read(inode);
        if (new_isize != cur_isize) {
-               /* Do we perhaps have any outstanding writes? */
-               if (nfsi->npages == 0) {
-                       /* No, but did we race with nfs_end_data_update()? */
-                       if (data_stable) {
-                               inode->i_size = new_isize;
-                               invalid |= NFS_INO_INVALID_DATA;
-                       }
-                       invalid |= NFS_INO_INVALID_ATTR;
-               } else if (new_isize > cur_isize) {
+               /* Do we perhaps have any outstanding writes, or has
+                * the file grown beyond our last write? */
+               if (nfsi->npages == 0 || new_isize > cur_isize) {
                        inode->i_size = new_isize;
                        invalid |= NFS_INO_INVALID_ATTR|NFS_INO_INVALID_DATA;
                }