diff --git a/fs/nfs/dir.c b/fs/nfs/dir.c
index 44e09483d2cd..c690a1c0c4e5 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/dir.c
@@ -2051,7 +2051,7 @@ out:
 		if (new_inode != NULL)
 			nfs_drop_nlink(new_inode);
 		d_move(old_dentry, new_dentry);
-		nfs_set_verifier(new_dentry,
+		nfs_set_verifier(old_dentry,
 					nfs_save_change_attribute(new_dir));
 	} else if (error == -ENOENT)
 		nfs_dentry_handle_enoent(old_dentry);