diff --git a/fs/nfs/dir.c b/fs/nfs/dir.c
index 719f543e12e0..ed79c1bd84a2 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/dir.c
@@ -2490,6 +2490,8 @@ int nfs_rename(struct user_namespace *mnt_userns, struct inode *old_dir,
 		}
 	}
 
+	if (S_ISREG(old_inode->i_mode))
+		nfs_sync_inode(old_inode);
 	task = nfs_async_rename(old_dir, new_dir, old_dentry, new_dentry, NULL);
 	if (IS_ERR(task)) {
 		error = PTR_ERR(task);