diff --git a/fs/nfs/dir.c b/fs/nfs/dir.c
index b38a57e78a63..5732e13cd0da 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/dir.c
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ int nfs_readdir_filler(nfs_readdir_descriptor_t *desc, struct page *page)
 		goto error;
 	}
 	SetPageUptodate(page);
-	NFS_FLAGS(inode) |= NFS_INO_INVALID_ATIME;
+	NFS_I(inode)->cache_validity |= NFS_INO_INVALID_ATIME;
 	/* Ensure consistent page alignment of the data.
 	 * Note: assumes we have exclusive access to this mapping either
 	 *	 through inode->i_sem or some other mechanism.
@@ -462,7 +462,7 @@ int uncached_readdir(nfs_readdir_descriptor_t *desc, void *dirent,
 						page,
 						NFS_SERVER(inode)->dtsize,
 						desc->plus);
-	NFS_FLAGS(inode) |= NFS_INO_INVALID_ATIME;
+	NFS_I(inode)->cache_validity |= NFS_INO_INVALID_ATIME;
 	desc->page = page;
 	desc->ptr = kmap(page);		/* matching kunmap in nfs_do_filldir */
 	if (desc->error >= 0) {
@@ -608,7 +608,7 @@ static inline int nfs_check_verifier(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
 {
 	if (IS_ROOT(dentry))
 		return 1;
-	if ((NFS_FLAGS(dir) & NFS_INO_INVALID_ATTR) != 0
+	if ((NFS_I(dir)->cache_validity & NFS_INO_INVALID_ATTR) != 0
 			|| nfs_attribute_timeout(dir))
 		return 0;
 	return nfs_verify_change_attribute(dir, (unsigned long)dentry->d_fsdata);
@@ -1575,11 +1575,12 @@ out:
 
 int nfs_access_get_cached(struct inode *inode, struct rpc_cred *cred, struct nfs_access_entry *res)
 {
-	struct nfs_access_entry *cache = &NFS_I(inode)->cache_access;
+	struct nfs_inode *nfsi = NFS_I(inode);
+	struct nfs_access_entry *cache = &nfsi->cache_access;
 
 	if (cache->cred != cred
 			|| time_after(jiffies, cache->jiffies + NFS_ATTRTIMEO(inode))
-			|| (NFS_FLAGS(inode) & NFS_INO_INVALID_ACCESS))
+			|| (nfsi->cache_validity & NFS_INO_INVALID_ACCESS))
 		return -ENOENT;
 	memcpy(res, cache, sizeof(*res));
 	return 0;
@@ -1587,14 +1588,15 @@ int nfs_access_get_cached(struct inode *inode, struct rpc_cred *cred, struct nfs
 
 void nfs_access_add_cache(struct inode *inode, struct nfs_access_entry *set)
 {
-	struct nfs_access_entry *cache = &NFS_I(inode)->cache_access;
+	struct nfs_inode *nfsi = NFS_I(inode);
+	struct nfs_access_entry *cache = &nfsi->cache_access;
 
 	if (cache->cred != set->cred) {
 		if (cache->cred)
 			put_rpccred(cache->cred);
 		cache->cred = get_rpccred(set->cred);
 	}
-	NFS_FLAGS(inode) &= ~NFS_INO_INVALID_ACCESS;
+	nfsi->cache_validity &= ~NFS_INO_INVALID_ACCESS;
 	cache->jiffies = set->jiffies;
 	cache->mask = set->mask;
 }
diff --git a/fs/nfs/file.c b/fs/nfs/file.c
index 5621ba9885f4..f6b9eda925c5 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/file.c
@@ -134,9 +134,10 @@ nfs_file_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
  */
 static int nfs_revalidate_file(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
 {
+	struct nfs_inode *nfsi = NFS_I(inode);
 	int retval = 0;
 
-	if ((NFS_FLAGS(inode) & NFS_INO_REVAL_PAGECACHE) || nfs_attribute_timeout(inode))
+	if ((nfsi->cache_validity & NFS_INO_REVAL_PAGECACHE) || nfs_attribute_timeout(inode))
 		retval = __nfs_revalidate_inode(NFS_SERVER(inode), inode);
 	nfs_revalidate_mapping(inode, filp->f_mapping);
 	return 0;
@@ -164,7 +165,7 @@ static int nfs_revalidate_file_size(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
 		goto force_reval;
 	if (nfsi->npages != 0)
 		return 0;
-	if (!(NFS_FLAGS(inode) & NFS_INO_REVAL_PAGECACHE) && !nfs_attribute_timeout(inode))
+	if (!(nfsi->cache_validity & NFS_INO_REVAL_PAGECACHE) && !nfs_attribute_timeout(inode))
 		return 0;
 force_reval:
 	return __nfs_revalidate_inode(server, inode);
diff --git a/fs/nfs/inode.c b/fs/nfs/inode.c
index bb7ca022bcb2..622184553516 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/inode.c
@@ -620,9 +620,9 @@ nfs_zap_caches(struct inode *inode)
 
 	memset(NFS_COOKIEVERF(inode), 0, sizeof(NFS_COOKIEVERF(inode)));
 	if (S_ISREG(mode) || S_ISDIR(mode) || S_ISLNK(mode))
-		nfsi->flags |= NFS_INO_INVALID_ATTR|NFS_INO_INVALID_DATA|NFS_INO_INVALID_ACCESS|NFS_INO_INVALID_ACL|NFS_INO_REVAL_PAGECACHE;
+		nfsi->cache_validity |= NFS_INO_INVALID_ATTR|NFS_INO_INVALID_DATA|NFS_INO_INVALID_ACCESS|NFS_INO_INVALID_ACL|NFS_INO_REVAL_PAGECACHE;
 	else
-		nfsi->flags |= NFS_INO_INVALID_ATTR|NFS_INO_INVALID_ACCESS|NFS_INO_INVALID_ACL|NFS_INO_REVAL_PAGECACHE;
+		nfsi->cache_validity |= NFS_INO_INVALID_ATTR|NFS_INO_INVALID_ACCESS|NFS_INO_INVALID_ACL|NFS_INO_REVAL_PAGECACHE;
 }
 
 static void nfs_zap_acl_cache(struct inode *inode)
@@ -632,7 +632,7 @@ static void nfs_zap_acl_cache(struct inode *inode)
 	clear_acl_cache = NFS_PROTO(inode)->clear_acl_cache;
 	if (clear_acl_cache != NULL)
 		clear_acl_cache(inode);
-	NFS_I(inode)->flags &= ~NFS_INO_INVALID_ACL;
+	NFS_I(inode)->cache_validity &= ~NFS_INO_INVALID_ACL;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -841,7 +841,7 @@ void nfs_setattr_update_inode(struct inode *inode, struct iattr *attr)
 			inode->i_uid = attr->ia_uid;
 		if ((attr->ia_valid & ATTR_GID) != 0)
 			inode->i_gid = attr->ia_gid;
-		NFS_FLAGS(inode) |= NFS_INO_INVALID_ACCESS|NFS_INO_INVALID_ACL;
+		NFS_I(inode)->cache_validity |= NFS_INO_INVALID_ACCESS|NFS_INO_INVALID_ACL;
 	}
 	if ((attr->ia_valid & ATTR_SIZE) != 0) {
 		inode->i_size = attr->ia_size;
@@ -872,8 +872,7 @@ nfs_wait_on_inode(struct inode *inode, int flag)
 int nfs_getattr(struct vfsmount *mnt, struct dentry *dentry, struct kstat *stat)
 {
 	struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode;
-	struct nfs_inode *nfsi = NFS_I(inode);
-	int need_atime = nfsi->flags & NFS_INO_INVALID_ATIME;
+	int need_atime = NFS_I(inode)->cache_validity & NFS_INO_INVALID_ATIME;
 	int err;
 
 	if (__IS_FLG(inode, MS_NOATIME))
@@ -1019,7 +1018,7 @@ __nfs_revalidate_inode(struct nfs_server *server, struct inode *inode)
 	struct nfs_fattr fattr;
 	struct nfs_inode *nfsi = NFS_I(inode);
 	unsigned long verifier;
-	unsigned int flags;
+	unsigned long cache_validity;
 
 	dfprintk(PAGECACHE, "NFS: revalidating (%s/%Ld)\n",
 		inode->i_sb->s_id, (long long)NFS_FILEID(inode));
@@ -1036,7 +1035,7 @@ __nfs_revalidate_inode(struct nfs_server *server, struct inode *inode)
 			goto out_nowait;
 		if (NFS_ATTRTIMEO(inode) == 0)
 			continue;
-		if (NFS_FLAGS(inode) & (NFS_INO_INVALID_ATTR|NFS_INO_INVALID_DATA|NFS_INO_INVALID_ATIME))
+		if (nfsi->cache_validity & (NFS_INO_INVALID_ATTR|NFS_INO_INVALID_DATA|NFS_INO_INVALID_ATIME))
 			continue;
 		status = NFS_STALE(inode) ? -ESTALE : 0;
 		goto out_nowait;
@@ -1065,18 +1064,21 @@ __nfs_revalidate_inode(struct nfs_server *server, struct inode *inode)
 			 (long long)NFS_FILEID(inode), status);
 		goto out;
 	}
-	flags = nfsi->flags;
-	nfsi->flags &= ~NFS_INO_REVAL_PAGECACHE;
+	cache_validity = nfsi->cache_validity;
+	nfsi->cache_validity &= ~NFS_INO_REVAL_PAGECACHE;
+
 	/*
 	 * We may need to keep the attributes marked as invalid if
 	 * we raced with nfs_end_attr_update().
 	 */
 	if (verifier == nfsi->cache_change_attribute)
-		nfsi->flags &= ~(NFS_INO_INVALID_ATTR|NFS_INO_INVALID_ATIME);
-	/* Do the page cache invalidation */
+		nfsi->cache_validity &= ~(NFS_INO_INVALID_ATTR|NFS_INO_INVALID_ATIME);
+
 	nfs_revalidate_mapping(inode, inode->i_mapping);
-	if (flags & NFS_INO_INVALID_ACL)
+
+	if (cache_validity & NFS_INO_INVALID_ACL)
 		nfs_zap_acl_cache(inode);
+
 	dfprintk(PAGECACHE, "NFS: (%s/%Ld) revalidation complete\n",
 		inode->i_sb->s_id,
 		(long long)NFS_FILEID(inode));
@@ -1107,7 +1109,7 @@ int nfs_attribute_timeout(struct inode *inode)
  */
 int nfs_revalidate_inode(struct nfs_server *server, struct inode *inode)
 {
-	if (!(NFS_FLAGS(inode) & (NFS_INO_INVALID_ATTR|NFS_INO_INVALID_DATA))
+	if (!(NFS_I(inode)->cache_validity & (NFS_INO_INVALID_ATTR|NFS_INO_INVALID_DATA))
 			&& !nfs_attribute_timeout(inode))
 		return NFS_STALE(inode) ? -ESTALE : 0;
 	return __nfs_revalidate_inode(server, inode);
@@ -1122,14 +1124,14 @@ void nfs_revalidate_mapping(struct inode *inode, struct address_space *mapping)
 {
 	struct nfs_inode *nfsi = NFS_I(inode);
 
-	if (nfsi->flags & NFS_INO_INVALID_DATA) {
+	if (nfsi->cache_validity & NFS_INO_INVALID_DATA) {
 		if (S_ISREG(inode->i_mode)) {
 			if (filemap_fdatawrite(mapping) == 0)
 				filemap_fdatawait(mapping);
 			nfs_wb_all(inode);
 		}
 		invalidate_inode_pages2(mapping);
-		nfsi->flags &= ~NFS_INO_INVALID_DATA;
+		nfsi->cache_validity &= ~NFS_INO_INVALID_DATA;
 		if (S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode)) {
 			memset(nfsi->cookieverf, 0, sizeof(nfsi->cookieverf));
 			/* This ensures we revalidate child dentries */
@@ -1164,10 +1166,10 @@ void nfs_end_data_update(struct inode *inode)
 
 	if (!nfs_have_delegation(inode, FMODE_READ)) {
 		/* Mark the attribute cache for revalidation */
-		nfsi->flags |= NFS_INO_INVALID_ATTR;
+		nfsi->cache_validity |= NFS_INO_INVALID_ATTR;
 		/* Directories and symlinks: invalidate page cache too */
 		if (S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode) || S_ISLNK(inode->i_mode))
-			nfsi->flags |= NFS_INO_INVALID_DATA;
+			nfsi->cache_validity |= NFS_INO_INVALID_DATA;
 	}
 	nfsi->cache_change_attribute ++;
 	atomic_dec(&nfsi->data_updates);
@@ -1200,9 +1202,9 @@ int nfs_refresh_inode(struct inode *inode, struct nfs_fattr *fattr)
 				&& nfsi->change_attr == fattr->pre_change_attr)
 			nfsi->change_attr = fattr->change_attr;
 		if (nfsi->change_attr != fattr->change_attr) {
-			nfsi->flags |= NFS_INO_INVALID_ATTR;
+			nfsi->cache_validity |= NFS_INO_INVALID_ATTR;
 			if (!data_unstable)
-				nfsi->flags |= NFS_INO_REVAL_PAGECACHE;
+				nfsi->cache_validity |= NFS_INO_REVAL_PAGECACHE;
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -1227,28 +1229,28 @@ int nfs_refresh_inode(struct inode *inode, struct nfs_fattr *fattr)
 
 	/* Verify a few of the more important attributes */
 	if (!timespec_equal(&inode->i_mtime, &fattr->mtime)) {
-		nfsi->flags |= NFS_INO_INVALID_ATTR;
+		nfsi->cache_validity |= NFS_INO_INVALID_ATTR;
 		if (!data_unstable)
-			nfsi->flags |= NFS_INO_REVAL_PAGECACHE;
+			nfsi->cache_validity |= NFS_INO_REVAL_PAGECACHE;
 	}
 	if (cur_size != new_isize) {
-		nfsi->flags |= NFS_INO_INVALID_ATTR;
+		nfsi->cache_validity |= NFS_INO_INVALID_ATTR;
 		if (nfsi->npages == 0)
-			nfsi->flags |= NFS_INO_REVAL_PAGECACHE;
+			nfsi->cache_validity |= NFS_INO_REVAL_PAGECACHE;
 	}
 
 	/* Have any file permissions changed? */
 	if ((inode->i_mode & S_IALLUGO) != (fattr->mode & S_IALLUGO)
 			|| inode->i_uid != fattr->uid
 			|| inode->i_gid != fattr->gid)
-		nfsi->flags |= NFS_INO_INVALID_ATTR | NFS_INO_INVALID_ACCESS | NFS_INO_INVALID_ACL;
+		nfsi->cache_validity |= NFS_INO_INVALID_ATTR | NFS_INO_INVALID_ACCESS | NFS_INO_INVALID_ACL;
 
 	/* Has the link count changed? */
 	if (inode->i_nlink != fattr->nlink)
-		nfsi->flags |= NFS_INO_INVALID_ATTR;
+		nfsi->cache_validity |= NFS_INO_INVALID_ATTR;
 
 	if (!timespec_equal(&inode->i_atime, &fattr->atime))
-		nfsi->flags |= NFS_INO_INVALID_ATIME;
+		nfsi->cache_validity |= NFS_INO_INVALID_ATIME;
 
 	nfsi->read_cache_jiffies = fattr->timestamp;
 	return 0;
@@ -1384,7 +1386,7 @@ static int nfs_update_inode(struct inode *inode, struct nfs_fattr *fattr, unsign
 				|| S_ISLNK(inode->i_mode)))
 		invalid &= ~NFS_INO_INVALID_DATA;
 	if (!nfs_have_delegation(inode, FMODE_READ))
-		nfsi->flags |= invalid;
+		nfsi->cache_validity |= invalid;
 
 	return 0;
  out_changed:
@@ -1961,7 +1963,8 @@ static struct inode *nfs_alloc_inode(struct super_block *sb)
 	nfsi = (struct nfs_inode *)kmem_cache_alloc(nfs_inode_cachep, SLAB_KERNEL);
 	if (!nfsi)
 		return NULL;
-	nfsi->flags = 0;
+	nfsi->flags = 0UL;
+	nfsi->cache_validity = 0UL;
 #ifdef CONFIG_NFS_V3_ACL
 	nfsi->acl_access = ERR_PTR(-EAGAIN);
 	nfsi->acl_default = ERR_PTR(-EAGAIN);
diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs3acl.c b/fs/nfs/nfs3acl.c
index 1b7a3ef2f813..a020e650ffc2 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs3acl.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs3acl.c
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ static int nfs3_proc_setacls(struct inode *inode, struct posix_acl *acl,
 	nfs_begin_data_update(inode);
 	status = rpc_call(server->client_acl, ACLPROC3_SETACL,
 			  &args, &fattr, 0);
-	NFS_FLAGS(inode) |= NFS_INO_INVALID_ACCESS;
+	NFS_I(inode)->cache_validity |= NFS_INO_INVALID_ACCESS;
 	nfs_end_data_update(inode);
 	dprintk("NFS reply setacl: %d\n", status);
 
diff --git a/fs/nfs/read.c b/fs/nfs/read.c
index 6f866b8aa2d5..90df0500ca1b 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/read.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/read.c
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ static int nfs_readpage_sync(struct nfs_open_context *ctx, struct inode *inode,
 		if (rdata->res.eof != 0 || result == 0)
 			break;
 	} while (count);
-	NFS_FLAGS(inode) |= NFS_INO_INVALID_ATIME;
+	NFS_I(inode)->cache_validity |= NFS_INO_INVALID_ATIME;
 
 	if (count)
 		memclear_highpage_flush(page, rdata->args.pgbase, count);
@@ -473,7 +473,7 @@ void nfs_readpage_result(struct rpc_task *task)
 		}
 		task->tk_status = -EIO;
 	}
-	NFS_FLAGS(data->inode) |= NFS_INO_INVALID_ATIME;
+	NFS_I(data->inode)->cache_validity |= NFS_INO_INVALID_ATIME;
 	data->complete(data, status);
 }
 
diff --git a/include/linux/nfs_fs.h b/include/linux/nfs_fs.h
index 7d78a783c64a..229a1755842a 100644
--- a/include/linux/nfs_fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/nfs_fs.h
@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@ struct nfs_inode {
 	 * Various flags
 	 */
 	unsigned int		flags;
+	unsigned long		cache_validity;
 
 	/*
 	 * read_cache_jiffies is when we started read-caching this inode,
@@ -188,17 +189,21 @@ struct nfs_inode {
 };
 
 /*
- * Legal inode flag values
+ * Cache validity bit flags
  */
-#define NFS_INO_STALE		0x0001		/* possible stale inode */
-#define NFS_INO_ADVISE_RDPLUS   0x0002          /* advise readdirplus */
-#define NFS_INO_REVALIDATING	0x0004		/* revalidating attrs */
-#define NFS_INO_INVALID_ATTR	0x0008		/* cached attrs are invalid */
-#define NFS_INO_INVALID_DATA	0x0010		/* cached data is invalid */
-#define NFS_INO_INVALID_ATIME	0x0020		/* cached atime is invalid */
-#define NFS_INO_INVALID_ACCESS	0x0040		/* cached access cred invalid */
-#define NFS_INO_INVALID_ACL	0x0080		/* cached acls are invalid */
-#define NFS_INO_REVAL_PAGECACHE	0x1000		/* must revalidate pagecache */
+#define NFS_INO_INVALID_ATTR	0x0001		/* cached attrs are invalid */
+#define NFS_INO_INVALID_DATA	0x0002		/* cached data is invalid */
+#define NFS_INO_INVALID_ATIME	0x0004		/* cached atime is invalid */
+#define NFS_INO_INVALID_ACCESS	0x0008		/* cached access cred invalid */
+#define NFS_INO_INVALID_ACL	0x0010		/* cached acls are invalid */
+#define NFS_INO_REVAL_PAGECACHE	0x0020		/* must revalidate pagecache */
+
+/*
+ * Legal values of flags field
+ */
+#define NFS_INO_REVALIDATING	0x0001		/* revalidating attrs */
+#define NFS_INO_ADVISE_RDPLUS	0x0002		/* advise readdirplus */
+#define NFS_INO_STALE		0x0004		/* possible stale inode */
 
 static inline struct nfs_inode *NFS_I(struct inode *inode)
 {
@@ -237,7 +242,7 @@ static inline int nfs_caches_unstable(struct inode *inode)
 static inline void NFS_CACHEINV(struct inode *inode)
 {
 	if (!nfs_caches_unstable(inode))
-		NFS_FLAGS(inode) |= NFS_INO_INVALID_ATTR | NFS_INO_INVALID_ACCESS;
+		NFS_I(inode)->cache_validity |= NFS_INO_INVALID_ATTR | NFS_INO_INVALID_ACCESS;
 }
 
 static inline int nfs_server_capable(struct inode *inode, int cap)