diff --git a/fs/nfs/flexfilelayout/flexfilelayout.c b/fs/nfs/flexfilelayout/flexfilelayout.c
index 7e4cbdfb3713..cc2c5f7f2bc1 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/flexfilelayout/flexfilelayout.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/flexfilelayout/flexfilelayout.c
@@ -1218,6 +1218,8 @@ static int ff_layout_write_done_cb(struct rpc_task *task,
 	    hdr->res.verf->committed == NFS_DATA_SYNC)
 		ff_layout_set_layoutcommit(hdr);
 
+	/* zero out fattr since we don't care DS attr at all */
+	hdr->fattr.valid = 0;
 	if (task->tk_status >= 0)
 		nfs_writeback_update_inode(hdr);