diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c b/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c
index 302974c92223..e3f33d3e291c 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c
@@ -1226,7 +1226,7 @@ static void put_deleg_file(struct nfs4_file *fp)
 
 static void nfsd4_finalize_deleg_timestamps(struct nfs4_delegation *dp, struct file *f)
 {
-	struct iattr ia = { .ia_valid = ATTR_ATIME | ATTR_CTIME | ATTR_MTIME };
+	struct iattr ia = { .ia_valid = ATTR_ATIME | ATTR_CTIME | ATTR_MTIME | ATTR_DELEG };
 	struct inode *inode = file_inode(f);
 	int ret;