diff --git a/fs/9p/vfs_dentry.c b/fs/9p/vfs_dentry.c
index 04795508a795..ffa45ee38f83 100644
--- a/fs/9p/vfs_dentry.c
+++ b/fs/9p/vfs_dentry.c
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ static int __v9fs_lookup_revalidate(struct dentry *dentry, unsigned int flags)
 	struct p9_fid *fid;
 	struct inode *inode;
 	struct v9fs_inode *v9inode;
+	unsigned int cached;
 
 	if (flags & LOOKUP_RCU)
 		return -ECHILD;
@@ -75,7 +76,11 @@ static int __v9fs_lookup_revalidate(struct dentry *dentry, unsigned int flags)
 		goto out_valid;
 
 	v9inode = V9FS_I(inode);
-	if (v9inode->cache_validity & V9FS_INO_INVALID_ATTR) {
+	struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses = v9fs_inode2v9ses(inode);
+
+	cached = v9ses->cache & (CACHE_META | CACHE_LOOSE);
+
+	if (!cached || v9inode->cache_validity & V9FS_INO_INVALID_ATTR) {
 		int retval;
 		struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses;
 
@@ -92,6 +97,8 @@ static int __v9fs_lookup_revalidate(struct dentry *dentry, unsigned int flags)
 
 		if (retval == -ENOENT)
 			return 0;
+		if (!cached && v9inode->cache_validity & V9FS_INO_INVALID_ATTR)
+			return 0;
 		if (retval < 0)
 			return retval;
 	}
@@ -127,6 +134,8 @@ const struct dentry_operations v9fs_cached_dentry_operations = {
 };
 
 const struct dentry_operations v9fs_dentry_operations = {
+	.d_revalidate = v9fs_lookup_revalidate,
+	.d_weak_revalidate = __v9fs_lookup_revalidate,
 	.d_release = v9fs_dentry_release,
 	.d_unalias_trylock = v9fs_dentry_unalias_trylock,
 	.d_unalias_unlock = v9fs_dentry_unalias_unlock,
diff --git a/fs/9p/vfs_inode.c b/fs/9p/vfs_inode.c
index 399d455d50d6..caff65d8b2bb 100644
--- a/fs/9p/vfs_inode.c
+++ b/fs/9p/vfs_inode.c
@@ -1349,8 +1349,14 @@ int v9fs_refresh_inode(struct p9_fid *fid, struct inode *inode)
 	 * Don't update inode if the file type is different
 	 */
 	umode = p9mode2unixmode(v9ses, st, &rdev);
-	if (inode_wrong_type(inode, umode))
+	if (inode_wrong_type(inode, umode)) {
+		/*
+		 * Do this as a way of letting the caller know the inode should not
+		 * be reused
+		 */
+		v9fs_invalidate_inode_attr(inode);
 		goto out;
+	}
 
 	/*
 	 * We don't want to refresh inode->i_size,
diff --git a/fs/9p/vfs_inode_dotl.c b/fs/9p/vfs_inode_dotl.c
index 5b5fda617b80..0fafc603b64a 100644
--- a/fs/9p/vfs_inode_dotl.c
+++ b/fs/9p/vfs_inode_dotl.c
@@ -902,8 +902,14 @@ int v9fs_refresh_inode_dotl(struct p9_fid *fid, struct inode *inode)
 	/*
 	 * Don't update inode if the file type is different
 	 */
-	if (inode_wrong_type(inode, st->st_mode))
+	if (inode_wrong_type(inode, st->st_mode)) {
+		/*
+		 * Do this as a way of letting the caller know the inode should not
+		 * be reused
+		 */
+		v9fs_invalidate_inode_attr(inode);
 		goto out;
+	}
 
 	/*
 	 * We don't want to refresh inode->i_size,