diff --git a/fs/afs/dir.c b/fs/afs/dir.c
index 1bb5b9d..9068d55 100644
--- a/fs/afs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/afs/dir.c
@@ -823,6 +823,7 @@
 				vp->cb_break_before = afs_calc_vnode_cb_break(vnode);
 				vp->vnode = vnode;
 				vp->put_vnode = true;
+				vp->speculative = true; /* vnode not locked */
 			}
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/fs/afs/inode.c b/fs/afs/inode.c
index 0fe8844..b0d7b89 100644
--- a/fs/afs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/afs/inode.c
@@ -294,6 +294,13 @@
 			op->flags &= ~AFS_OPERATION_DIR_CONFLICT;
 		}
 	} else if (vp->scb.have_status) {
+		if (vp->dv_before + vp->dv_delta != vp->scb.status.data_version &&
+		    vp->speculative)
+			/* Ignore the result of a speculative bulk status fetch
+			 * if it splits around a modification op, thereby
+			 * appearing to regress the data version.
+			 */
+			goto out;
 		afs_apply_status(op, vp);
 		if (vp->scb.have_cb)
 			afs_apply_callback(op, vp);
@@ -305,6 +312,7 @@
 		}
 	}
 
+out:
 	write_sequnlock(&vnode->cb_lock);
 
 	if (vp->scb.have_status)
diff --git a/fs/afs/internal.h b/fs/afs/internal.h
index 14d5d75..0d150a2 100644
--- a/fs/afs/internal.h
+++ b/fs/afs/internal.h
@@ -755,6 +755,7 @@
 	bool			update_ctime:1;	/* Need to update the ctime */
 	bool			set_size:1;	/* Must update i_size */
 	bool			op_unlinked:1;	/* True if file was unlinked by op */
+	bool			speculative:1;	/* T if speculative status fetch (no vnode lock) */
 };
 
 /*