diff --git a/fs/afs/dir.c b/fs/afs/dir.c
index 31d297e0f765..6cc685c5b19b 100644
--- a/fs/afs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/afs/dir.c
@@ -1032,7 +1032,7 @@ static int afs_d_revalidate(struct dentry *dentry, unsigned int flags)
 	struct dentry *parent;
 	struct inode *inode;
 	struct key *key;
-	afs_dataversion_t dir_version;
+	afs_dataversion_t dir_version, invalid_before;
 	long de_version;
 	int ret;
 
@@ -1084,8 +1084,8 @@ static int afs_d_revalidate(struct dentry *dentry, unsigned int flags)
 	if (de_version == (long)dir_version)
 		goto out_valid_noupdate;
 
-	dir_version = dir->invalid_before;
-	if (de_version - (long)dir_version >= 0)
+	invalid_before = dir->invalid_before;
+	if (de_version - (long)invalid_before >= 0)
 		goto out_valid;
 
 	_debug("dir modified");